Example sentences for: colorfully

How can you use “colorfully” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In a transformation no less dramatic than the Harbourfront, the hippy slum of the 1960s has been refurbished into a chic neighborhood of fashionable boutiques, art galleries, sidewalk cafés, gourmet restaurants, and colorfully repainted old houses.

  • Seldom did anyone admit to lying, but statements were often couched in terms colorfully indicating that the speaker had abandoned verity.

  • In America we retain the notion more colorfully when we say someone is riding shotgun on a project, acting as a troubleshooter.

  • A colorfully decorated clay pot or papier-mâché figure filled with toys and candies, confetti, or party favors that is brought to celebrations such as birthdays, Christmas festivities, and other parties.

  • Don’t be misled: bunraku is theater for adults rather than children, using the same dramatic themes, stories, and conventions as in noh and kabuki but achieving a unique impact with the almost life-sized, colorfully costumed puppets.


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