shades

• It consisted of three very small rooms of irregular shape, dimly lit by forty-watt bulbs in Japanese shades, and further shrouded by bead curtains and draperies. —  Strong Poison by Dorothy L. Sayers
• I do remember that the shades were a faded yellow and also remember that the store was dark and dreary looking. —  Shelbyville Times-Gazette Headlines
• And the window-shades were pulled carefully down. —  The Tale of Ferdinand Frog
• What took place there it would have been impossible to discover, for the shades were jerked fiercely down, the door sharply shut and locked, and Delia, coming up some time later, could not make out a sound within nor get a reply to her requests to be admitted, though she stood outside and pleaded for an hour At twilight the door was opened and Nan came out quite composed, but bearing on her face the unmistakable traces of tears which, however, Delia was wise enough to let pass unremarked Time for dinner?" —  The Governess
• Belles with their ringlets and sun-shades, and beaux with canes and curled moustaches. —  Aunt Phillis's Cabin Or, Southern Life As It Is

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