How to Use azure in a Sentence

azure

noun
  • The sky — a cloudy azure during the day and navy at night — is inviting.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Jan. 2024
  • The last few days have been cloudy and today the sky is the perfect shade of azure.
    — Cori Murray, Essence, 1 July 2019
  • Turquoise hair, azure guitars and a dozen other shades of blue shimmered around the stage.
    — Dallas News, 25 May 2022
  • In this surprise-a-minute show, a brilliant azure screen with black crags re-imagines the moor.
    — Hugh Hunter, Philly.com, 25 June 2017
  • Right now, the blue azure color that has sold more than 2,000 times in the past month.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The sub’s lights cast rich twilight colors, azure and indigo ebbing to black.
    — Susan Casey, Outside Online, 22 Oct. 2019
  • The water below is a dark azure, its depths unimaginable.
    — Celeste Moure, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Feb. 2024
  • On the color wheel, blaze orange is opposite azure and therefore pops out against blues and greens.
    — WSJ, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The interior is awash in shades of azure and ivory that mirror the soothing blues and whites of the sea and sand.
    — Dana Givens, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2022
  • The proper sounding is Bay-jing, not Bay-zhing, with the j sounding like the z in azure.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2022
  • Alan painted him holding a pouch of gold, his donation, and wearing a chic azure tunic.
    — The Economist, 8 June 2020
  • But the surrounding azure waters and dramatic rocky cliffs remain, so the area is still worth a trip.
    — Bridget Hallinan, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Jan. 2018
  • Ehmcke finished the rooms in a soft green, azure, and sand palette that pays homage to the surrounding sea, sand, and sky.
    — Elle Decor Staff, ELLE Decor, 5 July 2012
  • The city looks startling flying in, a slew of tall buildings crowding around the harbor’s azure waters.
    — Bethany Jean Clement, The Seattle Times, 13 July 2017
  • Like a dotted line along a map's azure realms, a blueway is a trail that follows water from one point to another.
    — Southern Living, 12 July 2020
  • The mood was sleepy but buoyant as the ship made its way through the dark azure water, which plunges some 2,000 feet.
    — Robert Gauthier, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Tulum's idyllic white-sand beaches and azure seaside offered a glimmer of hope.
    — Angelika Pokovba, Travel + Leisure, 27 Dec. 2021
  • In the open kitchen, for example, azure tiles and plain-sawn Douglas fir cabinetry nod to surf and turf.
    — Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 25 June 2026
  • Available in fun colors like crimson and azure, these have a soft inner layer of fleece to keep you extra toasty on walks or hikes.
    — Sarah Scott, Parents, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Azure contributed three assists, and Greenhalgh came up with six steals.
    — Dave Mendonca, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2017
  • Gorgeous, much larger eastern bronze azure butterflies are arrayed next to the enigmas.
    — National Geographic, 17 Jan. 2020
  • The skies became tinted with the same blend of azure and pebble gray that my grandfather described that August.
    — New York Times, 28 Apr. 2022
  • The hands holding the guitar and the drumsticks emerge from a swirling, cloudlike pattern of azure, which sets off the deeper midnight blue of the wall.
    — Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Many of the prints feature azure blues, vibrant reds and detailed lines depicting ships, theater and everyday leisure.
    — Patrick Connolly, orlandosentinel.com, 20 Aug. 2021
  • Workmen in traditional French azure overalls and jackets labored on the sides of roads.
    — Elizabeth Field, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2017
  • Under an endless azure sky in a place that calls itself America’s Finest City?
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Apr. 2022
  • South Caicos is a hidden gem in the Turks & Caicos, where unspoiled landscapes meet tranquil azure waters.
    — Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2025
  • This water forms a stream passing through the middle of the valley, emptying out into the sea in a spectacular play of teal and azure.
    — Lisa Morrow, CNN, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Its low-key charm, unpretentious beach clubs (not a white daybed in sight), amazing hospitality and azure coves had us under its spell.
    — Lucy Williams, Vogue, 7 July 2022
  • That is also its greatest transportation woe, given that water taxis are the only method of transport between the stretches of azure shores.
    — Romy Oltuski, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 July 2017

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