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
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
Silicon differs fundamentally from carbon because it is more metallic and does not hold onto its electrons as tightly.
From Science Daily • Feb. 24, 2026
We trek across the grass to a row of six tables covered in white linen and decorated with metallic confetti.
From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller
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