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noun

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Recent Examples of sepia
Adjective
Cyclists have always adapted to a variety of terrain, as those old, sepia-tone photographs of the Tour de France from the early 1900s will attest. Brion O’Connor, BostonGlobe.com, 10 July 2019 All the group has to go on is an old, wallet-sized sepia photograph. San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 June 2019
Noun
Hermanus again shows highly polished craftsmanship, adding the subtlest hint of sepia tones to evoke the period in the early sections, but never to the point where the characters compete with the settings. David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 21 May 2025 The light is too harshly angled and full of diodes, too precise, too careful and still somehow not careful enough, not surreal, sepia and tender enough. Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sepia
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sepia
Adjective
  • The watch is complemented with a black and gray bi-material rubber and gray textile strap with the Luna Rossa stripe as well as a second black rubber strap.
    Anthony DeMarco, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • Its neutral gray pattern lends itself to both modern and classic interiors, and the synthetic latex backing, low pile, and flatweave design are perfect for high-trafficked areas like the entryway and family room.
    Mariana Best, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • Bathroom design varies from stone to monochrome marble tiles.
    Helen Iatrou, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2025
  • Vital statistics, including speed, are displayed on a small monochrome LCD located beneath the lip of the small bug screen atop the handlebars.
    William Roberson, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Adjective
  • Chef Andre Fowles, a three-time Food Network Chopped Champion, remains a stalwart force in the Miss Lily family but has exchanged the grit and bustle of the urban neighborhood for the sandy beaches and resort-umbrella-ed nook of the Negril, Jamaica location.
    Kristin L. Wolfe, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
  • Nestled in nine hectares of lush, landscaped gardens overlooking a long, sandy beach and the shimmering South China Sea, The Westin Resort & Spa Cam Ranh is a haven of tranquility and wellbeing.
    Dominique Fluker, Essence, 28 June 2025
Noun
  • The daguerreotype of John C. Calhoun was what led Shumard to hunt down other early prints in the museum’s collections.
    Kaila Philo, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2025
  • Not everyone could make a daguerreotype, but nearly everyone could own one.
    Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 24 May 2025
Noun
  • In May 2023, Chen’s wife sent him additional photos, the metadata corresponding with a creation date of May 3, 2023, in and around the Navy Recruiting Station Alhambra.
    Mike Brest, The Washington Examiner, 1 July 2025
  • The photo has been replaced with an image of the International Criminal Court.
    Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • The old photograph of her husband was silent because that young man no longer existed, having been superseded by eight or nine different versions of the same man.
    Zadie Smith, New Yorker, 30 June 2025
  • Stock photograph showing an alligator moving through the Wakodahatchee Wetlands on March 13 2024 in Delray Beach, Florida.
    James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 June 2025
Adjective
  • In his post-game meeting with reporters, New York coach Tom Thibodeau looked ashen and was at loss for explaining what unfolded.
    Sean Gregory, Time, 22 May 2025
  • The urologist’s face, lit by the glow of these images, was ashen.
    Clayton Dalton, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Also on display is a tintype of an unidentified African American woman, taken by an unidentified artist around 1865.
    Kaila Philo, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2025
  • This is especially evident as the show builds from format to format—including tintypes, ambrotypes, paper prints, and stereographs, each an improvement on the last where the maker’s control was concerned.
    Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 24 May 2025

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“Sepia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sepia. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.

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