How to Use cerulean in a Sentence

cerulean

adjective
Definition of ceruleannext
  • To the northeast, the cerulean Atlantic stretched to the horizon.
    — Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2022
  • The lazy dog just laughs and sweeps his hair back from his cerulean eyes.
    — Riane Konc, The New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2020
  • The rooms play with shades of cerulean and chrome with coral accents.
    — David Morris, Travel + Leisure, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Its scales glimmered cerulean and sea-foam green and lilac.
    — David Canfield, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2020
  • Misty Aqua, on the other hand, is a cerulean blue, adding a cool freshness to the palette.
    — Isabel Garcia, House Beautiful, 1 Sep. 2020
  • At the center of it all is that cerulean window of water.
    — Aaron Gulley, Outside Online, 17 May 2018
  • This, at the base of a mountain rising into a cerulean sky.
    — Leighshulman, Longreads, 8 Aug. 2017
  • The name is fitting: On a clear day, a cerulean sky stretches over 30 acres of pasture.
    — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 13 June 2022
  • But on one of our last days, the ashen sky cracked open to reveal fragments of a cerulean canvas.
    — Celeste Moure, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Its cerulean waves lap the narrow beach where Leda tries to sunbathe in peace.
    — Hugh Hart, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2022
  • But Emily Blunt’s satin-like pants just made a splash on my (cerulean) blueprint.
    — Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 1 May 2024
  • Sprawled out on the ground, gazing up at the cerulean sky, a terrifying thought crossed his mind.
    — Robert Hackett, Fortune, 11 June 2021
  • The singer is draped in a soft green veil, perched on a fake bush, with a cerulean blue background and a flower arch framing her face.
    — Natachi Onwuamaegbu, Washington Post, 28 July 2022
  • Wendover • Out of the interminable white plain of the Bonneville Salt Flats springs a cerulean blue oasis.
    — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 19 Sep. 2022
  • Fishermen cast their lines into the serene, cerulean Black Sea.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2021
  • The monarch is only shown briefly in her cerulean belted dress, which featured a lace bodice and taffeta full skirt.
    — Janaya Wecker, ELLE, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Streep wore, well, Prada; Blunt quoted the film; and Hathaway attended the event in… a cerulean blue gown.
    — Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2024
  • In the shots, the model sported a one-piece cerulean swimsuit while Bieber was shirtless with a pair of black swim trunks and a seashell necklace.
    — Jack Irvin, PEOPLE.com, 18 July 2022
  • The result is food with flavors as vibrant and deep as the cerulean waters that surround the islands.
    — Khushbu Shah, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2019
  • The best looks were ones that fused the two eras, such as a loose cerulean trench coat with voluminous layers, twinned with a striped blue silk foulard.
    — Thomas Adamson, ajc, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Hefner wore a cerulean blue gown with cutouts and glitter accents, styling her hair in a loose, braided chignon.
    — Janine Puhak, Fox News, 23 May 2018
  • Thomas Rhett stepped out in a cerulean blue suit, and told Entertainment Tonight that there had been a problem with his pants.
    — Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com, 8 Mar. 2022
  • Throw your cocoa-coloured raincoat on over a cerulean blue bra-and-leggings combo and be on your way out (or to a Zoom call).
    — Eliza Huber, refinery29.com, 6 May 2020
  • Even with a swirl of plum, cerulean, and olive hues, somehow, the top maintains that easy-going-feel of a modern-day wardrobe staple.
    — Alexis Bennett, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2021
  • The late-November sky is the precise shade of a cerulean crayon, and the lighting is almost too perfect.
    — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 19 Jan. 2023
  • In a cerulean dress with a white rounded flat collar and strand of pearls, Mitzi beams with pride and amazement at her son’s impressive work.
    — Fawnia Soo Hoo, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Queen Camilla was bright in a cerulean blue ensemble for the royal welcome.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 22 Nov. 2022
  • So, why not have something cerulean at your fingertips?
    — Holly Carter, Peoplemag, 15 July 2024
  • This room also includes four beds and is decked out in cerulean blue and gold, giving the space a luxurious feel.
    — Olivia Jakiel, PEOPLE.com, 28 Jan. 2022
  • While much of the rest of the country roasted, San Francisco last weekend appeared a beatific city lorded over by mild yet sunny cerulean skies and ideally chilly nights.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024

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