gild

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2023

But truly, there's no reason to gild the lily, so I think I'll go on making it just as my Nana and my mom did — and I wouldn't have it any other way.

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2021

Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas asked if he intended to gild the subway tracks.

From New York Times • Jul. 30, 2021

“We can’t gild the lily,” Minister of Racing Winston Peters said in announcing the bailout.

From Seattle Times • May 27, 2020

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