How to Use into the background in a Sentence

into the background

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  • Well, the rest of the waves have a habit of sort of blending into the background.
    Jackie Appel, Popular Mechanics, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Not one to fade into the background, this fire sign loves all things lavish and luxe.
    Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The brake-by-wire system even works well enough to fade into the background, too.
    Michael Teo Van Runkle, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
  • But there’s a few bars in it where the rock band gets switched on and then goes into the background again.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2022
  • This isn’t a fragrance that fades into the background after an hour or two.
    Kimberly Wilson, Essence, 10 Oct. 2024
  • So, all the other noise, once the show gets on the air, all that stuff will fade into the background.
    H. Alan Scott, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
  • Creamy taupe hues are trending, and light gray tones are fading into the background.
    Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 17 Feb. 2026
  • As these things tend to play out, though, the shooting faded into the background.
    Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 21 Feb. 2023
  • But with stereo sound, shortcomings fade into the background a bit.
    Brad Moon, Forbes, 30 Apr. 2022
  • Rails must be fast, cheap, reliable and safe enough to fade into the background.
    Annabelle Huang, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Sep. 2025
  • This one blends right into the background, but can also be used as an end table or footrest, too.
    Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Once, small talk in meetings faded into the background.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The speakers tend to fade into the background a bit while giving the room a welcome pop of gold.
    WIRED, 13 Nov. 2023
  • But what if, instead of fading into the background, those sounds became the main act?
    Esha Chhabra, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
  • But things are changing, and more women aren’t wanting to fade into the background.
    Melissa Houston, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Hollis' voice, once front and centre, began to fade into the background.
    Hazlitt, 2 Aug. 2023
  • They are subtly woven into the background of the story.
    Nia Bowers, USA Today, 12 Dec. 2025
  • People build work-arounds, the work-arounds hold, and the problem settles into the background.
    Paul Evans, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
  • My whole thing is trying to just be there for the artists and blend into the background and hopefully be of some use to them.
    Lyndsey Havens, Billboard, 16 Dec. 2022
  • This is not an attempt to push him into the background; this is reality.
    Dallas News, 14 Nov. 2022
  • However, the good had faded into the background by the end of last season.
    Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2026
  • Her father has not faded into the background while his daughter assumes a throne.
    Noel Burgess, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • And Sánchez hasn’t just faded into the background, either.
    Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Ali Ali has spurts of aggression but fades into the background too often.
    Akeem Glaspie, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Jan. 2023
  • Not many brands still do that; the ones that once did have faded into the background for one reason or another.
    Essence, 14 Aug. 2025
  • The tally of the scores fades into the background at their Friday sessions.
    Scott Krahn, The New Yorker, 24 Jan. 2024
  • And sometimes, the very thing that allows a case to fade into the background becomes the key to solving it.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 25 July 2026
  • Then, just as quickly, Williams dissolves into the background.
    Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
  • And once the monologue was done, Stewart faded into the background and let the show be the show.
    John Ortved, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Cuffed blue jeans faded into the background next to colorful fleece jackets and knitwear.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 10 Mar. 2026

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