How to Use tricolor in a Sentence

tricolor

1 of 2 adjective
  • The zip jacket from the French brand has a silk lining and tricolor bands of black, red and white.
    — Marques Harper Deputy Features Editor, Los Angeles Times, 2021-12-01
  • The ashes of a bonfire fueled with the tricolor flag of neighboring Ireland lay in a central square.
    — New York Times, 2021-07-13
  • The popular 'Striptease' hosta is a tricolor variety; each green leaf has a golden stripe down the center that is edged by a thin white line.
    — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 2022-08-22
  • Pizzas are topped with homegrown basil, pineapple mint is a mojito garnish, tricolor sage is added to salads, and Mexican mint is part of a taco recipe.
    — Jeanine Barone, Forbes, 2021-12-28
  • In an early sign of protest to the Taliban's rule, dozens gathered in Jalalabad and a nearby market town to raise the tricolor national flag.
    — Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 2021-08-19
  • The mussel reproduces by releasing larvae that look like food for minnows, such as the Alabama shiner, tricolor shiner and striped shiner.
    — Dennis Pillion | [email protected], al, 2022-07-05
  • When Macron finally stepped up to the stage that had been erected in front of I. M. Pei’s glass pyramid, the crowd roared its approval with gusto and waved tricolor flags.
    — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 2017-05-08
  • But Russian forces have raised their tricolor flag over the Kherson regional administration building.
    — Washington Post, 2022-04-19
  • An example of this is Look 6, a tricolor silk faille raincoat in a cocoon shape Cristóbal Balenciaga might have approved of.
    — Vogue, 2022-02-24
  • Thus a newer, tricolor MBC ribbon aims to make people aware of the need for more funding toward the development of life-extending treatments.
    — Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 2020-10-12
  • The commission’s events included a gathering of religious scholars at the Loya Jirga hall in Kabul last week, where the tricolor flags of the fallen Afghan republic remain painted on the wall behind the stage.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 2021-09-01

tricolor

2 of 2 noun
  • The French tricolor flag adorns the sleeve of his baker’s coat.
    — Adam Nossiter, New York Times, 14 May 2018
  • The origins of using the fruity tricolor stuff in punch are harder to trace.
    — Anna Hezel, Bon Appetit, 11 Mar. 2017
  • Their small to medium size and tricolor coat add to their visual appeal.
    — Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Matthew Card came up with this dish a few years ago as a way to use up leftover spinach or tricolor pasta.
    — OregonLive.com, 25 Jan. 2018
  • Framing the bespoke dial is a ring in the French tricolor tones of blue, red and white.
    — Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 17 Nov. 2022
  • The separate jewel colors met to make the stage like some tricolor flag.
    — Alastair MacAulay, New York Times, 21 July 2017
  • While the Russian tricolor, alas, has become a symbol of that very evil.
    — Stanislav Kucher, CNN, 13 May 2022
  • The colors—orange and green, two-thirds of the Irish tricolor—were perfect, as was the fit.
    — Mike Kerrigan, WSJ, 21 Oct. 2022
  • Look out for brown pelicans, tricolor herons, reddish egrets, wood storks, and many other unique species.
    — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2026
  • The new banner consisted of just a red and a blue stripe, without the central white stripe of the tricolor.
    — Roxanne Fequiere, New York Times, 14 May 2018
  • Another six planes were set to paint the sky in the colors of the Russian tricolor.
    — Rachel Elbaum, NBC News, 9 May 2022
  • Above the gate tower, a giant tricolor of the republic fluttered against a clear blue sky.
    — New York Times, 10 Dec. 2021
  • Many were draped in the Irish tricolor and at one point the crowd began singing the national anthem.
    — NBC News, 12 May 2018
  • The back of the system, where the vents are located, features tricolor banding with gray, navy and gold hues.
    — Brittany Vincent, CNN Underscored, 29 June 2020
  • Coots, herons, both great blue and tricolor, egrets, bitterns, rails, snipe and a host of other wading birds prowl the shallows.
    — Ben Raines | [email protected], AL.com, 30 Aug. 2017
  • The tricolor laces and wooden sole are inspired by the region—just add a straw bag for a full tropical effect.
    — Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Before Macron’s presidency, a brighter cobalt was used in the tricolor for decades.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 15 Nov. 2021
  • Plant tricolor sage as a ground cover in front of a larger, upright rosemary variety.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The Russian tricolor was torn from the Tank and replaced with a Ukrainian flag.
    — James Verini Paolo Pellegrin, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2023
  • For men, there are tam-o’-shanter hats with tricolor pom-poms and capri-length golfing trousers—best worn with argyle knee-high socks, naturally.
    — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2018
  • The Russian tricolor flag is displayed at most of the main government buildings.
    — David L. Stern, Washington Post, 12 June 2022
  • The name originates from the Mexican flag, el tricolor, which means three colors.
    — Nihal Kolur, SI.com, 11 June 2018
  • The second dog, 100 feet away across the yard, is Lady, a small mixed breed with a tricolor, patchwork face.
    — Gene Weingarten, Washington Post, 8 Nov. 2021
  • It is represented on Irish coins, called doubloons, and on the green flag that preceded the present day tricolor.
    — Philip Potempa, Post-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2018
  • Skip the tricolor cookies this Christmas—any and all party hosts will be much better off with a panettone brought to them instead.
    — Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Nov. 2025
  • In front of the Lviv train station, someone pointed us toward a man waving the French tricolor.
    — Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2022
  • Elsewhere, the full color spectrum is teased out of blasting white light, thanks to an old-fashioned, prismlike tricolor filming process.
    — Christopher Knight, latimes.com, 22 June 2019
  • In the pantheon of high-emotion candy, the classic shiny tricolor kernels in autumn’s white, orange and yellow are way up there.
    — Leanne Italie, Fortune, 24 Oct. 2023
  • The crowd had started out waving tricolors and Stars and Stripes, trading chants, trading languages.
    — New York Times, 28 June 2019
  • Images broadcast around the world of the Russian tricolor on the seabed drew quick condemnation in the West.
    — Neil Shea, National Geographic, 21 Aug. 2019

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