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Example Sentences

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If, as the New York Times’ Amanda Hess argues, we live in the “golden age of celebrity branding,” liquor is the filigree on its balustrades, the inlay on its armoires, the leaf on its chandeliers.

From Los Angeles Times

Her nods to the Navajo culture include a turquoise inlay and a depiction of eagle feathers, which are used to give blessings.

From Washington Times

Instead of decorating them with the traditional mother-of-pearl flowers or leaves, though, he inlays them with tiny numerals laser-cut from abalone shells.

From New York Times

Sometimes she adds strips to form undulating ridges or presses bits of colored clay into carved-out areas as inlays.

From New York Times

Mr. Rudman was known as a painting collector, and not a furniture specialist, said Mr. Koeppe, who speculated that the floral inlay may have reminded Mr. Rudman of a still life.

From New York Times