sheen

Example Sentences

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Baseball’s rules were standardized by middle-class Manhattan professionals who “squeezed all the wildness of the folk game into their polished diamond,” giving it a sheen of gentility.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The aesthetic favors deliberate roughness and mistakes over a sterile, polished sheen.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

Perth and Kinross Council said there had been no reports of any sightings of fuel sheen in the River Tay or Loch Tay since Saturday afternoon.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

Later, the counter began to crowd with flaky croissants, sticky pastry, brioches with amber sheen.

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2026

He looked wild as well as ill, a sheen of sweat on his brow.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor