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• I would never want my bathroom decorated in chartreuse and turquoise, but to each his own, I suppose.From the entry to each his own
• The icebergs glowed different shades of blue: turquoise, cerulean, azure, pavonated, sapphire, ultramarine.2019 May 30, Rosita Boland, Elsewhere: One Woman, One Rucksack, One Lifetime of Travel, Random House, →ISBN. From the entry pavonated
• Her eyes lingered on a putrid floral number in fuchsia, hot pink, and turquoise.1998, Karen Kijewski, Stray Kat Waltz. From the entry yipes
• How many hours would it take to reach those beaches in the heat of Brazil, the turquoise sea, the caipirinhas?2021, Pedro Mairal, The Woman from Uruguay, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 38. From the entry caipirinhas
• The bright turquoise lining had wrinkled under the children's feet.2012, Rebecca Smith, A Bit of Earth. From the entry gillion
• Lost in a strip mall, Richard's surprises you with a bright atmosphere displaying traditional Southwestern pink and turquoise colors.2011, James Bernard Frost, America's Southwest: The Best Organic Food Stores, Farmers' Markets & Vegetarian Restaurants, unnumbered page. From the entry Southwestern pink
• Herbert appeared peppily at her front door, holding a Tory leaflet and wearing a jaunty turquoise Tory ribbon.2009 June 4, Sarah Lyall, “British Minister Quits, Dealing New Blow to Brown”, in New York Times. From the entry peppily
• The bolts were stacked near a wall in shades of teal, seafoam, turquoise, navy, sapphire, sky blue, cream, gold, crimson, coral.2008 May 28, Eric Konigsberg, “A City Tailor Who Revels in the Boldest Sportswear”, in New York Times. From the entry seafoam
• I was particularly fascinated by the endemic flightless cormorant, a mainly black bird with startling bright turquoise eyes.1991, Martha Holmes, Sea Trek, BBC Books, page 25. From the entry flightless cormorant
• The trees are quietly stretching new branches and sprouting fresh green buds, spreading out the turquoise of cyan on the piece of the land.2022 May 12, “Yantai, a Fairyland in the Spring Breeze”, in EFE, archived from the original on 13 Jul 2022. From the entry Yantai
• So she'd worn one of her own creations, a duochrome that shifted from turquoise to a rich blue depending on how the light hit it.2016, Opal Carew, Meat. From the entry duochrome
• But what you don't know is that that sweater is not just blue, it's not turquoise, it's not lapis, it's actually cerulean.2006, Aline Brosh McKenna, Lauren Weisberger, The Devil Wears Prada, spoken by Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep). From the entry cerulean
• We dated boys who had their own cars and wow! what fancy cars they were—spiffed and buffed in bright '50s reds or turquoises.2005, Jill Larson Sundberg, Michael Larson, Babes Remember. From the entry spiff
• Then Jigmed gives me two rings, for my two sisters, one mounting a ruby, the other a turquoise, in rich Lhassa gold-work.1933, Robert Byron, First Russia, Then Tibet, Part II, Chapter 9. From the entry goldwork
• Located inside Manila's exclusive economic zone, the Scarborough Shoal is coveted for its bountiful fish stocks and a stunning turquoise lagoon that provides safe haven for vessels during storms.2024 May 15, “Philippines seeks to ensure safety of civilian mission in South China Sea”, in Reuters, archived from the original on 15 May…. From the entry Scarborough Shoal
• The sky was a turquoise blue with only pufflets of cloud; the sun lay on my neck and arms; far out, a flat sea shimmered like a blue cloth.2014, Rachel Joyce, The Love Song of Miss Queenie Hennessy, page 238. From the entry pufflet
• Averaging 82 sunny degrees year round, fringed with blond beaches and lapped by turquoise shallows, Aruba lets the climate do the talking when it comes to appealing to tourists.2013 November 6, Elaine Glusac, “36 Hours in Aruba”, in The New York Times. From the entry do the talking
• Any bolete that matches the traits described above should instantly react with a turquoise color change when a drop of ammonia is placed on the stem.2009, Joe McFarland, Gregory M. Mueller, Edible Wild Mushrooms of Illinois and Surrounding States: A Field-to-Kitchen Guide, University of…. From the entry bolete
• I began to count the pools, each a flare of turquoise light lost behind the high walls of the villas with their screens of cycads and bougainvillaea.2000, JG Ballard, Super-Cannes, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 7. From the entry cycad
• She hilted it with the turquoise of the morning sky, with some of the stars in it for better grip, and gave it to Gulsera, whispering in her ear.1978, Martin Louis Alan Gompertz, Adventures in Sakaeland, page 68. From the entry hilt
• The charms of a blue-eyed chestnut-haired maiden in a turquoise muslin, with a brown boa, and a brown chip hat afroth with brown feathers, could not be gainsaid.1908 August 20, “Women in Print”, in Evening Post, page 9. From the entry afroth

Meaning of turquoise

1. noun A sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone.
2. noun A pale greenish-blue colour, like that of the gemstone.
3. adjective Made of turquoise (the gemstone).

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Questions about turquoise in a sentence

How do you use turquoise in a sentence?

Turquoise is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “I would never want my bathroom decorated in chartreuse and turquoise, but to each his own, I suppose.”

What is a short sentence with turquoise?

“The bright turquoise lining had wrinkled under the children's feet.”

What does turquoise mean?

Turquoise means a sky-blue, greenish-blue, or greenish-gray semi-precious gemstone.