How to Use chameleon in a Sentence

chameleon

noun
  • Ever the beauty chameleon, Angelina Jolie has done it again.
    Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Called Xamaleón—a play on the Spanish word for chameleon —the ice cream changes color with the touch of your tongue.
    Kelley Rowland, Woman's Day, 1 Aug. 2014
  • One solution is that, like a chameleon, the field changes depending on the surrounding environment.
    Quanta Magazine, 31 Mar. 2015
  • The panther chameleon, Furcifer pardalis, is particularly well known for its vibrant beauty.
    Christie Wilcox, Discover Magazine, 28 May 2015
  • Geminis thrive on change and mental stimulation, making Deadpool a brilliant match for their chameleon nature.
    Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 27 July 2024
  • Though strongly associated with blending in — like a chameleon perched invisibly in plain sight — that isn’t the only possible kind of camouflage.
    Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 9 Sep. 2024
  • The killer app is in virtual worlds, where each inhabitant can be presented with a different image, and the chameleon effect is no longer limited to one-on-one interaction.
    Kevin Poulsen, WIRED, 31 May 2005
  • There are hair chameleons and then there are hair shapeshifters.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 24 July 2023
  • Nero d’avola, Sicily’s main red grape, is a bit of a chameleon.
    Washington Post, 19 Mar. 2021
  • Not to mention that joggers like this are the chameleon of pants.
    Gabrielle Porcaro, Travel + Leisure, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Ever the chameleon, Zendaya has done it all on the hair front.
    Hannah Coates, Glamour, 3 Feb. 2023
  • Looking for a vase that will be both on-trend and able to be a style chameleon?
    Hannah Baker, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The roar of a lion, the speed of a cheetah or the chameleon’s ability to blend in?
    Jodie Cook, Forbes, 30 June 2022
  • This isn’t the first time the style chameleon has taken some scissors to her hair.
    Tish Weinstock, Vogue, 11 July 2023
  • He’s been famous for about 60 of those chameleon-like years.
    Marco Della Cava, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Of course Riley, who played Daisy Jones, that girl is a chameleon.
    Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Mathieu is a chameleon, and the Colts could badly use one.
    Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 1 Apr. 2022
  • The clearest picture of what’s ahead, but Vance has been a chameleon.
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 13 May 2022
  • For as long as Zoey Deutch has been in the public, she's been a bona fide hair chameleon.
    Marci Robin, Allure, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The Isolation Album and set the tone for what’s still to come from the West Coast chameleon.
    Billboard Staff, Billboard, 14 Mar. 2022
  • He's got to be a chameleon that kind of just disappears.
    Dan Snierson, EW.com, 15 Dec. 2022
  • The team tested the system on a model car, a phone case, a shoe and a toy chameleon.
    Emily Matchar, Smithsonian, 14 Sep. 2019
  • But that's David Bowie for you—the ever-changing chameleon.
    Matt Miller, Esquire, 8 Jan. 2018
  • Ashley Benson has been quite the hair-colour chameleon as of late.
    Megan Decker, refinery29.com, 13 Feb. 2020
  • Voeltzkow’s chameleon has been missing for more than 100 years.
    Daisy Hernandez, Popular Mechanics, 5 Nov. 2020
  • She's been an artistic chameleon for more than six decades.
    CBS News, 30 Dec. 2021
  • Jennifer's a chameleon, and that was what was required for this role...
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 15 Nov. 2022
  • The color chameleon threw it back to the 2010s with a fresh shade of bright blonde and an asymmetric bob to match.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 8 Aug. 2023
  • The noted hair chameleon leveled up once again with this look.
    Chelsea Avila, Allure, 3 June 2022
  • Fans assumed the pop chameleon was done making records.
    Zach Schonfeld, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2018

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