1.   As I brushed on the walnut-colored stain, a stunning grain pattern with swirls and diagonal lines emerged in varying shades of brown and gold.

2.   ----- Lettuces and greens pop out of the earth in varying shades of green and red, looking like rows of needlepoint.

3.   But here, dozens of them descended a wooded hill in varying shades of yellow, orange, pink and salmon.

4.   Everything is declaimed with varying shades of emphasis.

5.   He used striped wallpaper in varying shades of parchment to make the hallways look longer.

6.   His hair, which was varying shades throughout his political career, is now a light brown, with small bits of gray.

7.   If that white image can be transformed into varying shades of grays, as it can with digital, the hope is that it will expose more cancers.

8.   In the Shkolla-e-Re district the guerrillas strutted about in uniforms and pieces of uniforms, some in camouflage, many in varying shades of black.

9.   More recently, leading cellular phone makers Nokia Corp., Ericsson AB and Motorola Inc. have issued varying shades of pessimism about business in the near term.

10.   Passing motorists may fail to see beauty in the gentle, barren hills, where the seasons are distinguished by varying shades of brown.