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
Her grandmother kept a small box, given to the family by the funeral home, of the items found with Denise — patent leather shoes, a pocketbook, a dainty handkerchief.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 14, 2023
George remembers attending events there as a child in patent leather shoes and gloves.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2023
He stepped out onto the flagstone sidewalk and tacked the card to the bottom of one of the black patent leather shutters.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
