sheen

Example Sentences

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Anytime the film veers into computer-generated territory, it takes on a sheen of cheesy artifice.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

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

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2026

Ms. McCracken refuses to link process and outcome in fiction, so the whole endeavor retains its mysterious sheen.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026

The film honors maturity and all its weighty deliberations without putting a sheen of sentimentality on the condition.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

A sheen of sweat had formed along her hairline, and her breaths were growing shallow, raspy.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray