How to Use tricolor in a Sentence
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The zip jacket from the French brand has a silk lining and tricolor bands of black, red and white.
—Marques Harper Deputy Features Editor, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2021
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When Macron finally stepped up to the stage that had been erected in front of I. M. Pei’s glass pyramid, the crowd roared its approval with gusto and waved tricolor flags.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 8 May 2017
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The ashes of a bonfire fueled with the tricolor flag of neighboring Ireland lay in a central square.
—New York Times, 13 July 2021
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In an early sign of protest to the Taliban's rule, dozens gathered in Jalalabad and a nearby market town to raise the tricolor national flag.
—Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 19 Aug. 2021
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The popular 'Striptease' hosta is a tricolor variety; each green leaf has a golden stripe down the center that is edged by a thin white line.
—Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Aug. 2022
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Pizzas are topped with homegrown basil, pineapple mint is a mojito garnish, tricolor sage is added to salads, and Mexican mint is part of a taco recipe.
—Jeanine Barone, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021
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An example of this is Look 6, a tricolor silk faille raincoat in a cocoon shape Cristóbal Balenciaga might have approved of.
—Vogue, 24 Feb. 2022
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Thus a newer, tricolor MBC ribbon aims to make people aware of the need for more funding toward the development of life-extending treatments.
—Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 12 Oct. 2020
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Part of the reason the MBC ribbon has started to go mainstream is a creative initiative that shines light on the tricolor ribbon and its cause—quite literally (and beautifully).
—Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 12 Oct. 2020
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The commission’s events included a gathering of religious scholars at the Loya Jirga hall in Kabul last week, where the tricolor flags of the fallen Afghan republic remain painted on the wall behind the stage.
—BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2021
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The mussel reproduces by releasing larvae that look like food for minnows, such as the Alabama shiner, tricolor shiner and striped shiner.
—Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 5 July 2022
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But Russian forces have raised their tricolor flag over the Kherson regional administration building.
—Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2022
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The zip jacket from the French brand has a silk lining and tricolor bands of black, red and white.
—Marques Harper Deputy Features Editor, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2021
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When Macron finally stepped up to the stage that had been erected in front of I. M. Pei’s glass pyramid, the crowd roared its approval with gusto and waved tricolor flags.
—Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 8 May 2017
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The ashes of a bonfire fueled with the tricolor flag of neighboring Ireland lay in a central square.
—New York Times, 13 July 2021
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In an early sign of protest to the Taliban's rule, dozens gathered in Jalalabad and a nearby market town to raise the tricolor national flag.
—Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 19 Aug. 2021
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The popular 'Striptease' hosta is a tricolor variety; each green leaf has a golden stripe down the center that is edged by a thin white line.
—Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Aug. 2022
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Pizzas are topped with homegrown basil, pineapple mint is a mojito garnish, tricolor sage is added to salads, and Mexican mint is part of a taco recipe.
—Jeanine Barone, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021
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An example of this is Look 6, a tricolor silk faille raincoat in a cocoon shape Cristóbal Balenciaga might have approved of.
—Vogue, 24 Feb. 2022
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Thus a newer, tricolor MBC ribbon aims to make people aware of the need for more funding toward the development of life-extending treatments.
—Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 12 Oct. 2020
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Part of the reason the MBC ribbon has started to go mainstream is a creative initiative that shines light on the tricolor ribbon and its cause—quite literally (and beautifully).
—Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 12 Oct. 2020
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The commission’s events included a gathering of religious scholars at the Loya Jirga hall in Kabul last week, where the tricolor flags of the fallen Afghan republic remain painted on the wall behind the stage.
—BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2021
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The mussel reproduces by releasing larvae that look like food for minnows, such as the Alabama shiner, tricolor shiner and striped shiner.
—Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 5 July 2022
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But Russian forces have raised their tricolor flag over the Kherson regional administration building.
—Washington Post, 19 Apr. 2022
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The French tricolor flag adorns the sleeve of his baker’s coat.
—Adam Nossiter, New York Times, 14 May 2018
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The tricolor hues of this savory slab pie fit right in.
—Cathy Barrow, idahostatesman, 2 Nov. 2017
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The colors—orange and green, two-thirds of the Irish tricolor—were perfect, as was the fit.
—Mike Kerrigan, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2022
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Framing the bespoke dial is a ring in the French tricolor tones of blue, red and white.
—Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 17 Nov. 2022
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Atop it is carved a little tricolor with a gold star in its blue field: The flag of Acadia.
—New York Times, 15 June 2021
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The origins of using the fruity tricolor stuff in punch are harder to trace.
—Anna Hezel, Bon Appetit, 11 Mar. 2017
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The origins of using the fruity tricolor stuff in punch are harder to trace.
—Anna Hezel, Bon Appetit, 11 Mar. 2017
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Another six planes were set to paint the sky in the colors of the Russian tricolor.
—Rachel Elbaum, NBC News, 9 May 2022
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The Russian tricolor was torn from the Tank and replaced with a Ukrainian flag.
—James Verini Paolo Pellegrin, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2023
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Many were draped in the Irish tricolor and at one point the crowd began singing the national anthem.
—NBC News, 12 May 2018
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The new banner consisted of just a red and a blue stripe, without the central white stripe of the tricolor.
—Roxanne Fequiere, New York Times, 14 May 2018
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The second dog, 100 feet away across the yard, is Lady, a small mixed breed with a tricolor, patchwork face.
—Gene Weingarten, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2021
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Matthew Card came up with this dish a few years ago as a way to use up leftover spinach or tricolor pasta.
—OregonLive.com, 25 Jan. 2018
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If there is any doubt, do not handle any tricolor snake.
—Cole Sikes Communications and Marketing Specialist Alabama Cooperative Extension System, al, 25 Apr. 2023
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Beside the red, white, and blue sits a smaller tricolor of black, red, and green — the Pan-African or Afro-American flag.
—BostonGlobe.com, 26 Aug. 2021
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While the Russian tricolor, alas, has become a symbol of that very evil.
—Stanislav Kucher, CNN, 13 May 2022
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The back of the system, where the vents are located, features tricolor banding with gray, navy and gold hues.
—Brittany Vincent, CNN Underscored, 29 June 2020
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Images broadcast around the world of the Russian tricolor on the seabed drew quick condemnation in the West.
—Neil Shea, National Geographic, 21 Aug. 2019
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Coots, herons, both great blue and tricolor, egrets, bitterns, rails, snipe and a host of other wading birds prowl the shallows.
—Ben Raines | Braines@al.com, AL.com, 30 Aug. 2017
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Their small to medium size and tricolor coat add to their visual appeal.
—Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2023
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The separate jewel colors met to make the stage like some tricolor flag.
—Alastair MacAulay, New York Times, 21 July 2017
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In front of the Lviv train station, someone pointed us toward a man waving the French tricolor.
—Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2022
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Above the gate tower, a giant tricolor of the republic fluttered against a clear blue sky.
—New York Times, 10 Dec. 2021
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The tricolor laces and wooden sole are inspired by the region—just add a straw bag for a full tropical effect.
—Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 Apr. 2022
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Before Macron’s presidency, a brighter cobalt was used in the tricolor for decades.
—Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2021
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Where the Russians painted their tricolor on signs and bus stops, locals have already restored the blue and yellow of the Ukrainian flag.
—Isabel Coles, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2022
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It is represented on Irish coins, called doubloons, and on the green flag that preceded the present day tricolor.
—Philip Potempa, Post-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2018
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The Russian tricolor flag is displayed at most of the main government buildings.
—David L. Stern, Washington Post, 12 June 2022
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Skip the tricolor cookies this Christmas—any and all party hosts will be much better off with a panettone brought to them instead.
—Alex Erdekian, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Dec. 2023
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Jenner, on the other hand, showed off many a fine coat on her ski trip, including the coveted Phoebe Philo tricolor trench.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2023
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