metallic
Example Sentences
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The iPod music player, at first available in metallic grey, quickly diversified into a whole spectrum of bright colours.
From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026
According to the researchers, these spinning crystals represent the first known example of a self-propelled metallic nanoparticle in biology.
From Science Daily • Mar. 19, 2026
It also “vibe scented” a horror movie, creating a fragrance, distributed at screenings, that “captures the chilling, damp, metallic stillness of a nightmare that won’t let you escape,” according to the film’s press materials.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026
Oil fires can also release sulphur and nitrogen oxides, which can form acids if they dissolve in rainwater, as well as other harmful hydrocarbons, metallic compounds and droplets of oil.
From BBC • Mar. 10, 2026
A sour, metallic taste was in her saliva and she swallowed it down.
From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt
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