gild

Mr. Armitage does not gild this realization; he lets it stand, stark and unresolved.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

“The challenge of it was to try to go to that place but not gild the lily too much,” Scott says.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 9, 2024

There's no reason for anything superfluous to gild the lily.

From Salon ● Sep. 27, 2023

If you feel you need to gild the lily, then keep working.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2023

He would sing the glory of Hrothgar’s line and gild his wisdom and stir up his men to more daring deeds, for a price.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner

The way O’Hara gilds this line’s delivery with a wistful sparkle feels true because we’ve seen her spin such treasure playing all kinds of would-be topliners with an amiable, delicious amount of lunacy.

From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2026

If I’ve got prosciutto on hand, it really gilds the lily, but it’s not necessary for a sublime tartine.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2020

In the center of town, the hotel gilds its Native American and Spanish aesthetic with all the luxe you require.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2018

These were Donatella Versace’s first words to me, and they were spoken with the campy, self-conscious irony that gilds most of her accelerated speech.

From New York Times ● Feb. 12, 2016

An artist frames his illusions and gilds the frames and people gape at the illu­sions and then foster more illusions.

From Voices from the Past by Paul Alexander Bartlett

In the brightly lighted foyer, Valentyna Kyselova adjusts her hair in one of the gilded mirrors, then poses for a selfie with a friend.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

In a sea of glamorous gowns and tuxedoes, Hacks star Megan Stalter, who was nominated for best comedy supporting actress, arrived on the Emmys blue carpet gilded as an Emmy statuette.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

It is fenced in and gilded, with literal gold.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

On her fireplace, an ornate gilded mirror from the 1940s she found at Sunbeam Vintage is flanked by porcelain figurines.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026

Kate sat near the stage in a chipped, gilded plaster box that once enshrined New York society’s elite.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

The yield on the 30-year gilt, or government bond, rose above 6% for a time on Thursday, its highest level since 1998.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

The paper says investors have signalled that the gilt market "would not be spooked" by a more modest target, adding that the Treasury and Number 10 are "actively debating" the possibility.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

The U.K. plans to conduct two programmatic gilt tenders on Tuesday for the January 2029 gilt and December 2040 gilt.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026

U.K. 30-year gilt yields last traded at 5.813%, trimming their earlier rise.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

Sunlight glinted on the gilt spines of the books.

From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt

Remember, it’s gold leaf: Below the gilding, the rest of the figure is made of bronze.

From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026

Not many of us had “Jeffrey Epstein” or “Ghislaine Maxwell” on our bingo cards — to mix metaphors while gilding the lily.

From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2025

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

As the sun was gilding the distant spires of Dragonstone, Dany stumbled onto a low stone wall, overgrown and broken.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin