How to Use swatch in a Sentence

swatch

noun
  • She looked at fabric swatches to select material for the drapes.
  • Macro view of creme highlight swatch.
    — Corein Carter, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Then pick a color from the same swatch but four shades lighter.
    — Signature Interiors and Design, The Seattle Times, 15 May 2017
  • Davies had swatches and fabrics around her desk.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Have patience, and don’t leave paint swatches all over the walls.
    — Catherine O’Neill, Bon Appetit, 2 Jan. 2018
  • Just look at the swatch or sample on the wall throughout the day and evening.
    — Aaron Krach, ELLE Decor, 20 Jan. 2012
  • Fabric swatches are much the same.
    — Corey Buhay, Outside, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Let these pastel rooms inspire you to look at the lighter side of the paint swatch.
    — Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Mar. 2022
  • Order a swatch ahead of time to ensure the color suits your tastes.
    — Michelle Rostamian, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 June 2025
  • Ward fixed the drain, knocking down a 30-foot wide swatch of the woods in the process.
    — Chris Sikich, Indianapolis Star, 17 Feb. 2020
  • Select swatches with warm colors or fall prints.
    — Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Sep. 2025
  • To take the guesswork out of choosing a color, paint a swatch on the wall near the floor.
    — Ingrid Abramovitch, ELLE Decor, 13 Aug. 2012
  • After all, choosing one color from all of the swatches is by no means easy.
    — Kelsey Mulvey, ELLE Decor, 8 Apr. 2023
  • And last but not least, here’s a swatch of Chinese Porcelain.
    — Patrick May, The Mercury News, 27 June 2019
  • Fischer likens the effect to a patch of fake grass, or a swatch of teddy bear plush.
    — Natalia Rachlin, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2020
  • The only exclusions on this sale are swatches and gift cards.
    — Claire Harmeyer, Peoplemag, 17 Feb. 2023
  • Panicked workers tried to staunch the bloody wound with swatches of fabric.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2024
  • And so the totems were born of the group’s desire to step away from the paper-swatch paint store paradigm.
    — Asad Syrkett, Curbed, 30 Nov. 2018
  • Any kind of media or color swatches that catch your eye can be included.
    — Theara Coleman, TheWeek, 9 Apr. 2026
  • That lack of nuance resulted in lipsticks that looked good in the tube but wrong in swatches.
    — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 29 July 2019
  • A lot of testing and making of swatches and then a lot of just sitting around and thinking about it.
    — Julia Felsenthal, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Cue the fabric swatch that Grace color-tests against a bag of Cheetos.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 29 Sep. 2017
  • Fabric swatches mailed to her home and multiple Zoom calls helped bring it all to life.
    — Kelly Boutsalis, Vogue, 5 Dec. 2023
  • In the campaign images, swatches of both are shown on the back of Tuan's hand.
    — Devon Abelman, Allure, 2 Jan. 2020
  • There isn't much in terms of blight on the land, but a large swatch of empty dirt doesn't bring much beauty to the area, either.
    — Parker Leavitt, azcentral, 24 Dec. 2015
  • Read on for step-by-step instructions in how to craft the paint swatch, as well as wardrobe suggestions for the painter.
    — Sarah Zlotnick, Country Living, 20 July 2023
  • And there are six surviving swatches of that dress stained with Lincoln’s blood.
    — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Papers spilled across the surface in swatches of cloud white, charcoal gray and sandstone beige.
    — Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 5 June 2025
  • Describing a fabric or a color is never the same as holding a swatch of it in your hands.
    — Adam Davidson, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2017
  • The face is composed of scraps, mix-and-match fragments of anatomy, swatches and swipes of color.
    — Leah Ollman, latimes.com, 6 June 2018

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