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Yellow is an English word with synonyms like yellowish or sensationalistic. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Yellow meaning

  1. The color of sunflower petals and lemons; the color obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light; the color evoked by light of wavelength around 580 nm; one of the three primary colors in subtractive color systems.
  2. The middle light in a set of three traffic lights, the lighting of which indicates that drivers should stop short of the intersection if it is safe to do so.
  3. One of the color balls used in snooker, with a value of 2 points.

Synonyms of Yellow

yellowish sensationalistic scandalmongering old yellowed fearful cowardly yellow-bellied white-livered lily-livered chickenhearted chicken chromatic xanthous sensational

Using Yellow

  • The main meaning on this page is: The color of sunflower petals and lemons; the color obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light; the color evoked by light of wavelength around 580 nm; one of the three primary colors in subtractive color systems. | The middle light in a set of three traffic lights, the lighting of which indicates that drivers should stop short of the intersection if it is safe to do so. | One of the color balls used in snooker, with a value of 2 points.
  • Useful related words include: yellowish, sensationalistic, scandalmongering, old.
  • In the example corpus, yellow often appears in combinations such as: the yellow, of yellow, yellow fever.

Context around Yellow

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 30.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 13 start, 7 middle, 0 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Yellow

  • In this selection, "yellow" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 30.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, golden, whitish, intense, card, jackets and gold stand out and add context to how "yellow" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include range of yellow fever in, shown a yellow card by, yellow fever, wearing yellow and yellow jackets. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "yellow" sits close to words such as bigger, continuing and cabinet, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with yellow

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

The title of the exhibition, Follow the Yellow, is taken from (follow the yellow brick road). (16 words)

We have our first yellow card in this match with Max Kilman being shown a yellow card by referee David Coote. (21 words)

Out of the six yellow cards in the first-half, the only yellow card that was for a foul was the midfielder’s. (23 words)

I have seen bear scat stuffed with dozens of dead yellow jackets, and I can’t count how many times I’ve been following a bear trail and encountered a swarm of yellow jackets hovering above a ground nest freshly dug by a bear. (44 words)

The 21-year-old, who has been England’s player of the tournament, was initially shown a yellow card by the referee, but VAR recommended a review and the yellow card was upgraded to red after the act of petulance. (40 words)

Cassia Rectangular Sunglasses in Yellow Gold by Linda FarrowSingapore is also the place for luxury, and these rectangular sunglasses from Linda Farrow don a yellow gold titanium frame with a yellow gold pressed outline for a slight androgynous look. (39 words)

Example sentences (20)

The most intense yellow in the eight-bit RGB color model is RGB yellow or X11 yellow ; yellow is a "secondary" color in an additive RGB space.

Cassia Rectangular Sunglasses in Yellow Gold by Linda FarrowSingapore is also the place for luxury, and these rectangular sunglasses from Linda Farrow don a yellow gold titanium frame with a yellow gold pressed outline for a slight androgynous look.

Epidemiology Endemic range of yellow fever in South America (2009) Endemic range of yellow fever in Africa (2009) Yellow fever is common in tropical and subtropical areas of South America and Africa.

Etymology The word yellow comes from the Old English geolu, geolwe ( oblique case ), meaning "yellow, yellowish", derived from the Proto-Germanic word gelwaz "yellow".

Their color in aqueous solutions varies as follows: Am 3+ (colorless to yellow-reddish), Am 4+ (yellow-reddish), Am V Omain ; (yellow), Am VI Omain (brown) and Am VII Omain (dark green).

The outer jacket was often yellow-to-orange/Brown foam fluorinated ethylene propylene (for fire resistance) so it often is called "yellow cable", "orange hose", or sometimes humorously "frozen yellow garden hose".

The term "golden beryl" is sometimes synonymous with heliodor (from Greek hēlios – ἥλιος "sun" + dōron – δῶρον "gift") but golden beryl refers to pure yellow or golden yellow shades, while heliodor refers to the greenish-yellow shades.

Yellow beeswax is the crude product obtained from the honeycomb, white beeswax is bleached yellow beeswax, and beeswax absolute is yellow beeswax treated with alcohol.

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Green and golden yellow тАФ yellow being the most resplendent hue тАФ stands for power, beauty and courage, those characteristics that define the countryтАЩs sporting culture.

If a whitish-yellow bed bug has recently fed, however, there's a better chance it can be spotted due to its color changing from whitish-yellow to bright red.

I have seen bear scat stuffed with dozens of dead yellow jackets, and I can’t count how many times I’ve been following a bear trail and encountered a swarm of yellow jackets hovering above a ground nest freshly dug by a bear.

In the case of a serious medical emergency, the Yellow Dot signals the fire responder to seek out that critical information but simply checking the Yellow Dot card that is in the vehicle's glove box.

In the similar UK product Doritos Chilli Heatwave, there is no Red 40, Yellow 6 or Yellow 5 food dyes listed in its ingredients - and it only has 19 ingredients.

Managers also sometimes told workers to avoid wearing safety-yellow vests around Musk, or to replace yellow safety tape with red, the supervisors said.

Out of the six yellow cards in the first-half, the only yellow card that was for a foul was the midfielder’s.

The 21-year-old, who has been England’s player of the tournament, was initially shown a yellow card by the referee, but VAR recommended a review and the yellow card was upgraded to red after the act of petulance.

The title of the exhibition, Follow the Yellow, is taken from (follow the yellow brick road).

We have our first yellow card in this match with Max Kilman being shown a yellow card by referee David Coote.

After the Yellow Jackets breezed through the first round with a 48-6 win over district rival LaGrange, the Yellow Jackets found themselves down 8-0 early to a Wossman and scored 24 unanswered points.

Amber and yellow warnings for snow and ice cover parts of the UK on Thursday, while a yellow weather warning for wind has been issued for Sunday across the UK – except Shetland and south east England.

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Common combinations with yellow

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "yellow" in a sentence?
An example: "The most intense yellow in the eight-bit RGB color model is RGB yellow or X11 yellow ; yellow is a "secondary" color in an additive RGB space." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "yellow" from authentic English texts.
What does "yellow" mean?
Yellow means: The color of sunflower petals and lemons; the color obtained by mixing green and red light, or by subtracting blue from white light; the color evoked by light of wavelength around 580 nm; one of the three primary colors in subtractive color systems.
What are synonyms of "yellow"?
Common synonyms of "yellow" include: yellowish, sensationalistic, scandalmongering, old, yellowed, fearful, cowardly, yellow-bellied. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "yellow" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "yellow", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.