luster

Example Sentences

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Working with his regular cinematographer Oleg Mutu, Loznitsa gives this prison — and authoritarianism itself — a sickly luster without ever denying its wretched stench.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

If those sellers include central banks, there could be a lot farther to fall before gold rediscovers its luster.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026

The cost of losing some of that luster: potentially higher borrowing costs, less capacity to absorb a financial shock, and less ability to create one with sanctions, Singh adds.

From Barron's • Feb. 19, 2026

The administration is doing what it can, as quickly as it can, before the luster is gone altogether.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2026

The hair lay rough and unkempt and seemed to have lost all of its old luster.

From "The Red Pony" by John Steinbeck