We sat in the thin shade of a ceiba tree, saying little, drinking water, and eating the tortillas and cheese that Maria had packed.

There was no moon, and in the pale starlight the river showed between the banks as a slightly thinner shade of black.

The lighting came through thin shades that were formed of genuine pearl shell, matched to perfection.

The padding on the seat-cushions was a shade too thin.

I dozed under the thin shade of a pine, in the agelessness, the absolute dissociation of wild Greece.

Keen cheekbones, keen chin, keen nose, with a mouth just a shade too thin for beauty.

At last they came suddenly into a thin shade; great grey branches reached across the path.

The day was hot, summer's last sprawl across the land, and the sun beat down on us even through the thin shade of the trees.

She dropped down upon the grass in the thin shade of the gum trees and sat waiting for him to come back with the tools.

So saying, he turned a thin shade of green.