gild

Example Sentences

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“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

Overall, the official said, “I don’t want to gild the lily. . . . We’ve had questions to answer. But I think we are providing answers . . . not only words of reassurance, but also joint action.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 16, 2021

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