patent leather
Example Sentences
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One of her earliest childhood memories is fixating on a pair of pair of shiny patent leather shoes, when she was about five years old, and getting her father to buy them for her.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2024
In contrast, the menswear collection featured sharp tailoring and shorts, complimented by patent leather shoes in black, green and brown with prominent silver buckles and belts.
From Reuters • Sep. 18, 2023
George remembers attending events there as a child in patent leather shoes and gloves.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2023
The new vibe was less elegance and more nightclub — house music, zebra prints and red patent leather — that you might be admitted to if you were cool enough.
From Washington Post • Apr. 22, 2023
She wore a diagonally striped dress that had been dyed black, worn by use, and a pair of scaly patent leather boots.
From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
