How to Use kaleidoscope in a Sentence

kaleidoscope

noun
  • The landscape was a kaleidoscope of changing colors.
  • Each date twists the Ari Voxx kaleidoscope but stays true to the aim of her project.
    Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2023
  • Messineo twists the kaleidoscope of her own life on the shore to give a long-range view of her love for the sport and the fish and the sea.
    Heather Hansman, Outside Online, 19 July 2019
  • When the sun rose at 5 a.m., the sea of bodies was a kaleidoscope of color.
    Kristin Braswell, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Feb. 2020
  • This is home to the Color the Wind Kite Festival, a kaleidoscope at the end of a string.
    CBS News, 25 Mar. 2018
  • And the Amandas fanned out in a silent kaleidoscope of 16 skeptic eyes.
    Amanda Larson, The Atlantic, 18 Dec. 2022
  • To watch Tiger Woods and his son play golf over the weekend was to feel a kaleidoscope of emotion.
    Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 19 Dec. 2021
  • There are rooms that look like the inside of a kaleidoscope and there are also rooms that feel like a spa.
    Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 30 Apr. 2021
  • The lush imagery gives way to the kaleidoscope of stories that converge in the Witch’s murder.
    Emmanuel Ordóñez Angulo, The New York Review of Books, 14 Jan. 2021
  • Tumbling from a horse can feel like the world has turned into a kaleidoscope.
    Lexi Pandell, WIRED, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Tony Gwynn, who wore a kaleidoscope of Pads duds, preferred brown in the team’s color scheme.
    Tom Krasovic, sandiegouniontribune.com, 18 May 2018
  • Murky trap drums and slurred flows add to the muddy kaleidoscope of emotions that both artists cycle through in the song.
    Kyle Denis, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2023
  • The aliens’ weapons burst with a kaleidoscope of lethal laser fire that ricochets off the ship’s panels.
    By jonathan Vanian, Fortune, 19 July 2019
  • And in this case, scope didn’t mean a kaleidoscope, a telescope, or mouthwash.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2021
  • At the heart of this defensive mental kaleidoscope stood Edith, her love for me and mine for her.
    Peter Ford, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2020
  • Now, with a turn of the kaleidoscope, these stories reveal a new pattern.
    Roxana Robinson, TIME, 18 July 2024
  • There are an antique fan, a kaleidoscope and a 1940s-era radio.
    Mary Carole McCauley, baltimoresun.com, 13 Apr. 2021
  • The floors and walls of the palace were a kaleidoscope of colored marble embedded with gold and precious gems.
    Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2023
  • The Woof Paper gives its ShibArmy and coins a kaleidoscope of doggie personas.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 29 Oct. 2021
  • As in most of Ms. Kennedy’s work, the narrative is delivered in a kaleidoscope of shards.
    Ben Brantley, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2018
  • The interiors of the shops, restaurants, and hotels in the city are a kaleidoscope of colors, too.
    Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 11 July 2019
  • To get a kaleidoscope of colors, use a variety of berries.
    Phoebe Evans, Southern Living, 29 July 2024
  • The result is a puzzlelike kaleidoscope of shapes and sizes.
    Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News, 23 June 2022
  • Mei Kawajiri is known for outré, over-the-top nail art; Call it a kaleidoscope for the fingertips.
    Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 20 May 2022
  • The trippy tiles—some with a kaleidoscope of sardines, roosters, oranges, and eggplants—start the meal with a wink.
    Alex Beggs, Bon Appétit, 9 Feb. 2022
  • On the water, the lanterns flicker and drift, creating a kaleidoscope of color and light.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The food at Prubechu is a kaleidoscope: Your eyes will notice patterns, even if the shape isn’t familiar.
    Soleil Ho, SFChronicle.com, 13 Feb. 2020
  • It’s like a real kaleidoscope with Andrew who brought new ideas.
    Abbey White, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 May 2022
  • The path seems to burrow into a kaleidoscope of willows, boxelders, velvet ash and the fiery scarlet of the bigtooth maples.
    Laura Daniella Sepulveda, The Arizona Republic, 25 Sep. 2024
  • The dress was adorned with bold botanical prints in a kaleidoscope of colors and featured a flattering V-neckline and billowy sleeves.
    Ty Gaskins, WWD, 3 Sep. 2024

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