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
• Just look at the swatch or sample on the wall throughout the day and evening.
  — Aaron Krach, ELLE Decor, 20 Jan. 2012
• Then pick a color from the same swatch but four shades lighter.
  — Signature Interiors and Design, The Seattle Times, 15 May 2017
• As of Monday morning, there's a $666 bid for the swatch.
  — Erik Larsen, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2017
• To take the guesswork out of choosing a color, paint a swatch on the wall near the floor.
  — Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor, 13 Aug. 2012
• Let these pastel rooms inspire you to look at the lighter side of the paint swatch.
  — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
• Have patience, and don’t leave paint swatches all over the walls.
  — Catherine O’Neill, Bon Appetit, 2 Jan. 2018
• 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
• In the pale pink Trump atelier, sketches and swatches are affixed to the walls.
  — Tim Teeman, Town & Country, 19 Oct. 2016
• Cue the fabric swatch that Grace color-tests against a bag of Cheetos.
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 29 Sep. 2017
• There isn't much in terms of blight on the land, but a large swatch of empty dirt doesn't bring much beauty to the area, either.
  — Parker Leavitt, azcentral, 24 Dec. 2015
• 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 color swatches show that background tabs should be the same color as the window frame, which would hide the tab shape.
  — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 23 Apr. 2018
• The face is composed of scraps, mix-and-match fragments of anatomy, swatches and swipes of color.
  — Leah Ollman, latimes.com, 6 June 2018
• Panicked workers tried to staunch the bloody wound with swatches of fabric.
  — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2024
• 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
• There were large swatches of Barbie pink paint, abstract doodles rendered in glow-in-the-dark neons, and wiggly line work in deep blue polish that resembled a stormy sea.
  — Sandra Song, CNN, 19 Aug. 2024
• Fabric swatches line one wall, and her designs, which include shoes, are displayed throughout the intimate space.
  — Kristen Tauer, WWD, 19 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024