filigree

Example Sentences

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Its wheels’ gold rims, capped with smiley faces, are emblazoned with the platitude “Where Dreams Are Made,” while the whole thing is ornamented with piped-icing filigree.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

For all the political filigree, “The Regime” boils down to a love story of sorts between Elena and Herbert, and the stripped gears of their shifting power dynamic.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2024

Your eye is drawn to the dazzling, filigree lace around the neck of the young woman.

From BBC • Sep. 22, 2023

Gopnik’s introductory remarks provide a Wikipedia-style summary with a bit of Talk of the Town filigree, establishing that this is a person who surely needs no introduction.

From New York Times • Oct. 6, 2022

The scabbard was richly wound with gold filigree.

From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer