gilded
Example Sentences
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At the rear of the hospital, grey coffins with gilded bas-reliefs emerged before the cameras of dozens of journalists.
From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026
The patio was catching the late afternoon sun, and the olive oil surrounding the gigantes — those enormous, tender butter beans — seemed almost gilded.
From Salon ● Jun. 16, 2026
At the White House, a historic rose garden conceived by Jacqueline Kennedy was paved over, and its adjoining colonnade refurbished with black granite and gilded presidential portraits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
Autos were no longer a “devilish plaything of the gilded class,” Mr. Moskowitz tells us.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026
His skin had been gilded honey; now it was fish-belly white beneath the grime.
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
Vocabulary lists containing gilded
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
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Grade 11, List 4
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"Sonnet 55" by William Shakespeare
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