How to Use mahogany in a Sentence

mahogany

noun
  • The mahogany doors are gone (so to speak).
    — Tarun Galagali, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Her eyes are clearer and a deep shade of mahogany.
    — Alina Hartounian, NPR, 12 Dec. 2025
  • There are countless shades of brown, from light, sandy beige to dark mahogany.
    — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Nov. 2023
  • Try it with a cozy sweater in a fall hue like oatmeal, olive green, or mahogany.
    — Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The main bedroom’s four-poster mahogany bed was trimmed down and capped with bun feet.
    — Shaila Wunderlich, Country Living, 28 Sep. 2022
  • The living room floor is a design made from teak and mahogany.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 29 Feb. 2020
  • Each flower has a dark brown center with a mahogany ring around it.
    — Mackenzie Nichols, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Mar. 2021
  • Walk through the double mahogany doors and the home is even more striking.
    — Joey Morona, cleveland.com, 4 Aug. 2017
  • The whisky is a deep, rich mahogany with deep golden highlights.
    — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
  • The bag comes in black and brown variations, mahogany, tan and ash grey.
    — Paula Conway, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
  • These trees were sold as Philippine mahogany.
    — JSTOR Daily, 19 Nov. 2025
  • The mahogany on the boat—and there is a lot of mahogany on the boat—is solid.
    — Kevin Koenig, Robb Report, 20 Nov. 2024
  • But the mahogany, which is used to warm up the stone, came by boat from Honduras.
    — Rohan Preston, Star Tribune, 2 Apr. 2021
  • The bar is mahogany, with a copper insert for ice; the shape is like the hull of a boat.
    — Caitlin Kelly, House Beautiful, 24 July 2017
  • Months passed, maybe a year, yet Novak could not get that mahogany out of his mind.
    — Ellen Ruppel Shell, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2022
  • Shade 01 is a light beige nude, while shade 10 is a rich, deep mahogany.
    — Sara Tan, refinery29.com, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Rich mahogany splashes into the glass, then a fruity bouquet hits the nose.
    — Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 30 Apr. 2021
  • The spacious entry foyer is reached through an arched mahogany door.
    — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Where Ipe or mahogany are strong and handsome hardwoods, the price points climb up.
    — Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
  • The three wooden crosses, which had been a mahogany brown color, had been scorched to black.
    — Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 7 July 2023
  • Brazilian mahogany lines the floors, and the kitchen adds black polished granite.
    — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2022
  • Right, through a columned doorway, is the living room, where the floors are maple with mahogany inlay.
    — Angela Serratore, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
  • This deal is on the 55 x 28-inch version with the black frame and mahogany top.
    — Julian Chokkattu, Wired, 13 July 2022
  • These leaves emerge mahogany in color before turning green.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Mejia dunks them in the fryer until the casing is a deep mahogany, taut and nearly splits.
    — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2026
  • On the other side of the room, there is a second front entrance covered by a porch with a mahogany deck.
    — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 16 June 2024
  • The turkey gets a sweet-tart pomegranate glaze that looks like lacquered mahogany.
    — The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2025
  • At first glance, this might appear as the last nail on Philippine mahogany’s coffin.
    — JSTOR Daily, 19 Nov. 2025
  • Beneath the coat, Tindall wore a black turtleneck and mahogany brown skirt.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 2 Jan. 2026
  • All of the mahogany doors are new but are modeled after the circa-1850s look.
    — Helena Madden, Robb Report, 13 Aug. 2021

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