- present participle of gild.
gilding
Example Sentences
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As a color, material, and metaphor, gold has been a trademark of Trumpworld since the 1980s, a decade of excess that found Trump building and gilding various real estate holdings.
From Slate ● Jun. 11, 2026
They were then sent for gilding and upholstery, before Mr Desnoues added designs and a wood finish.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2025
Furthermore, though Mr. Reed presents himself as an intellectually superior theologian, gilding his carefully-choreographed arguments with props and theatrical flourishes, the script itself doesn’t hold him in the same regard.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 7, 2024
Hristoff, who was born in Istanbul and is now based in New York, has been creating works of layered screen printing, painting, gilding and drawing in a well-known, almost 20-year-long series titled “Everything and Nothing.”
From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2024
Dad and I stayed and watched the sun set, gilding the turquoise minarets of the Jameh Mosque for a few breathtaking moments before plunging Yazd into twilight.
From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram
