How to Use into the background in a Sentence
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Well, the rest of the waves have a habit of sort of blending into the background.
—Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 2 Apr. 2023
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But there’s a few bars in it where the rock band gets switched on and then goes into the background again.
—Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2022
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Not one to fade into the background, this fire sign loves all things lavish and luxe.
—Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Mar. 2024
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Meanwhile, Khloé, 38, walked into the background of the shot and waved hello.
—Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 23 Feb. 2023
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The speakers tend to fade into the background a bit while giving the room a welcome pop of gold.
—WIRED, 13 Nov. 2023
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Most get to be in the thick of the action for a scene or an episode, before fading into the background.
—Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 June 2023
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As these things tend to play out, though, the shooting faded into the background.
—Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2023
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The tally of the scores fades into the background at their Friday sessions.
—Scott Krahn, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2024
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The focus will be on Trump as Jesus fades into the background.
—Joyce Dalsheim, Chron, 6 Sep. 2022
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My whole thing is trying to just be there for the artists and blend into the background and hopefully be of some use to them.
—Lyndsey Havens, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2022
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To make the walls appear to recede into the background, paint the walls, trim, and ceiling the same or very similar shades of white.
—Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Feb. 2023
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The turbo four-cylinder fades into the background and the transmission makes the most of the available power.
—Nick Kurczewski, Car and Driver, 19 Sep. 2022
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One evening in late January the sky was so thick with stars that the bones of the constellations blurred into the background.
—Dennis Overbye Marcos Zegers, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2023
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But with stereo sound, shortcomings fade into the background a bit.
—Brad Moon, Forbes, 30 Apr. 2022
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The final color of the patch is affected by the amount of moisture in the touch-up layer that wicks into the background paint.
—Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
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The basis of the episodes shows how much work goes into the background of any missing person case, no matter how small.
—Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 13 May 2023
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The basis of the episodes shows how much work goes into the background of any missing person case, no matter how small.
—Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 13 May 2023
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Floyd is now fading into the background of our post-2020 timelines.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 26 May 2023
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Floyd is now fading into the background of our post-2020 timelines.
—Kathleen Newman-Bremang, refinery29.com, 26 May 2023
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Hollis' voice, once front and centre, began to fade into the background.
—Hazlitt, 2 Aug. 2023
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That case has a way of drifting into the background for long stretches here as Rosselló takes center stage.
—Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 2 May 2023
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Ali Ali has spurts of aggression but fades into the background too often.
—Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Jan. 2023
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Pareja’s dark cape and black hair blend into the background, but a large white collar frames a face painted in quick, free strokes of coppery brown.
—Jason Farago, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2023
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Mark and the writers, Seth Reiss and Will Tracy, were thinking that the character would be very clean and almost blend into the background.
—Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2022
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Arthur Rose, who drove a cab for three decades, cannot imagine a future where ride-hailing services face into the background.
—Diti Kohli, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Feb. 2023
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Where older versions of the logo end in a sharp point, the new version joins two flat lines extending into the background.
—Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 23 June 2023
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This is not an attempt to push him into the background; this is reality.
—Dallas News, 14 Nov. 2022
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Go read an explainer of the YSL case here, including a full breakdown of the charges and a deep-dive into the background of the accusations.
—Jewel Wicker, Billboard, 28 Nov. 2023
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In the weeks since Israel and Iran came perilously close to war, other developments have for the moment pushed the episode into the background.
—Ali M. Ansari, Foreign Affairs, 29 May 2024
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But while Kugel flourished, Aberdeen faded into the background and lost confidence.
—Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 28 June 2024
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