1
a
: the blue color of the clear sky
b
: the heraldic color blue
2
: the unclouded sky
3
archaic
: lapis lazuli
azure
adjective
Examples of azure in a Sentence
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The water below is a dark azure, its depths unimaginable.
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Celeste Moure, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Feb. 2024
French-terry cloth daybeds and couches are clustered in intimate seating arrangements, while the infinity lap pool reflects the azure of the expansive Oaxacan sky.
—Catherine Tansey, Travel + Leisure, 27 Jan. 2024
The sky — a cloudy azure during the day and navy at night — is inviting.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Jan. 2024
With a mouse click, projected sea levels that incorporate data on storm surges climbed up to 10 feet, bathing cities in the Bay Area in azure.
—Eli Ramos, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2024
On the color wheel, blaze orange is opposite azure and therefore pops out against blues and greens.
—WSJ, 29 Nov. 2023
One of the loveliest paintings in the exhibition, with something resembling the heads of matches stylized in black across the top of a vertical azure burst of revelation.
—Lee Cullum, Dallas News, 17 Mar. 2023
Another part is the wide-eyed innocence of those mysterious men of azure, let loose in their imaginative playpen.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2022
The male Chapman’s blue butterfly — native to southern Europe, Morocco and the Middle East — is known for its wings of shimmering azure.
—Ernie Mastroianni, Discover Magazine, 25 Apr. 2017
Celeste Moure, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Feb. 2024
French-terry cloth daybeds and couches are clustered in intimate seating arrangements, while the infinity lap pool reflects the azure of the expansive Oaxacan sky.
—Catherine Tansey, Travel + Leisure, 27 Jan. 2024
The sky — a cloudy azure during the day and navy at night — is inviting.
—Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Jan. 2024
With a mouse click, projected sea levels that incorporate data on storm surges climbed up to 10 feet, bathing cities in the Bay Area in azure.
—Eli Ramos, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2024
On the color wheel, blaze orange is opposite azure and therefore pops out against blues and greens.
—WSJ, 29 Nov. 2023
One of the loveliest paintings in the exhibition, with something resembling the heads of matches stylized in black across the top of a vertical azure burst of revelation.
—Lee Cullum, Dallas News, 17 Mar. 2023
Another part is the wide-eyed innocence of those mysterious men of azure, let loose in their imaginative playpen.
—Peter Marks, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2022
The male Chapman’s blue butterfly — native to southern Europe, Morocco and the Middle East — is known for its wings of shimmering azure.
—Ernie Mastroianni, Discover Magazine, 25 Apr. 2017
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azure
noun
: the blue color of the clear sky
Medical Definition
azure
noun
: any of several dyes used as biological stains
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