How to Use swatch in a Sentence

swatch

noun

• She looked at fabric swatches to select material for the drapes.
• Ward fixed the drain, knocking down a 30-foot wide swatch of the woods in the process.
  — Chris Sikich, Indianapolis Star, 17 Feb. 2020
• Let these pastel rooms inspire you to look at the lighter side of the paint swatch.
  — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
• The swatch wasn’t wide enough for a house to face the street, as had the previous house, so the Drews built it sideways.
  — Roy S. Johnson | [e-mail], al, 9 Feb. 2022
• And last but not least, here’s a swatch of Chinese Porcelain.
  — Patrick May, The Mercury News, 27 June 2019
• And so the totems were born of the group’s desire to step away from the paper-swatch paint store paradigm.
  — Asad Syrkett, Curbed, 30 Nov. 2018
• In the campaign images, swatches of both are shown on the back of Tuan's hand.
  — Devon Abelman, Allure, 2 Jan. 2020
• Fischer likens the effect to a patch of fake grass, or a swatch of teddy bear plush.
  — Natalia Rachlin, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2020
• Hairstylist Joseph Chase puts a bit of bend into a swatch for a half-up half-down style.
  — Parizaad Khan Sethi, Vogue, 7 Nov. 2023
• Read on for step-by-step instructions in how to craft the paint swatch, as well as wardrobe suggestions for the painter.
  — Sarah Zlotnick, Country Living, 20 July 2023
• China's claim to a wide swatch of the South China Sea has put the country at odds with its neighbors in the region.
  — Paul Best, Fox News, 13 Feb. 2023
• The days of roaming CVS' makeup aisles with your phone in hand to look up reviews and swatches are over.
  — Rachel Nussbaum, Glamour, 11 June 2018
• A lot of testing and making of swatches and then a lot of just sitting around and thinking about it.
  — Julia Felsenthal, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2023
• The face is composed of scraps, mix-and-match fragments of anatomy, swatches and swipes of color.
  — Leah Ollman, latimes.com, 6 June 2018
• After all, choosing one color from all of the swatches is by no means easy.
  — Kelsey Mulvey, ELLE Decor, 8 Apr. 2023
• That lack of nuance resulted in lipsticks that looked good in the tube but wrong in swatches.
  — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 29 July 2019
• The only exclusions on this sale are swatches and gift cards.
  — Claire Harmeyer, Peoplemag, 17 Feb. 2023
• Fabric swatches mailed to her home and multiple Zoom calls helped bring it all to life.
  — Kelly Boutsalis, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2023
• The brand hasn't released the palette's pricing or launch date yet, but scroll on for up-close photos and swatches.
  — Rachel Nussbaum, Glamour, 4 Sep. 2018
• The eclipse will plunge a 124-mile wide swatch of land from Mexico to Canada into darkness.
  — Leada Gore | [e-mail], al, 3 May 2023
• If the police are frustrated, there is a huge swatch of the population that is, too.
  — Arkansas Online, 7 Mar. 2021
• The unusual sight of the river, a brown scab through the green swatch of cottonwood and willow trees, has shocked those who live along the river.
  — Meryl Kornfield, Anchorage Daily News, 23 July 2022
• Take the time to knit a gauge swatch, or a sample square of fabric, to avoid unpleasant surprises.
  — Connie Chang, Popular Mechanics, 14 Dec. 2022
• Drawings and fabric swatches in the Oscar de la Renta fitting room in New York.
  — Ray A. Smith, WSJ, 5 Sep. 2018
• The testing tent, a clearly short-term construction of white plastic and metal rods, lives on a swatch of grassy field.
  — Chris Quintana, USA Today, 1 Oct. 2020
• On the opposite end of the room, a DJ set-up has moving strobe lights bathing the battlefield in swatches of neon green, orange and red.
  — Palak Jayswal, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 Aug. 2023
• What to Consider The color of the actual product doesn’t always match the swatch.
  — Katherine Alex Beaven, Travel + Leisure, 27 Nov. 2023
• But as the pandemic marks its wide swatch across the country the, grocery workers have been concerned about health and safety.
  — Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 11 Apr. 2020
• The brand took to Instagram to share swatches of all 14 tones on four different women's arms.
  — Avery Matera, Teen Vogue, 9 July 2018
• Stains are applied to carpet swatches for any machines that claim to remove them.
  — Sarah Bogdan, Good Housekeeping, 15 Jan. 2019

Last Updated: 28 May 2024