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Example sentences for "under color"

  • The money levied, or rather extorted, under color of prerogative, had come in very slowly, and had left such ill humor in the nation, that it appeared dangerous to renew the experiment.

  • Instantly, without waiting for proof, the delinquency of the President was heralded in every form of utterance.

  • In other words, he has lost confidence in the President.

  • United States, under color of a commission from any foreign Prince or State, he shall be adjudged a pirate, felon, and robber, and shall suffer death.

  • No churchman, under color of exacting respect to religion, ever carried to a greater height the state and dignity of that character.

  • To check its progress, Elizabeth despatched Sussex with an army to the north, under color of chastising the ravages committed by the borderers.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "under color" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    fruit juices; living wage; observed facts; under count; under ground; under heavy; under her; under his; under oath; under parts; under pressure; under pretence; under pretense; under pretext; under stress; under surface; under tail; under the present circumstances; under the same circumstances; under what; under whose; under wing; underground water; understand things; understand what; understand you