gilded

Example Sentences

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In the lavish memorial erected by his grieving widow, Queen Victoria, Prince Albert is golden, but few world leaders are permanently gilded, and certainly not before their deaths.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

Inside the gilded reception hall across San Francisco’s War Memorial Opera House, some of Silicon Valley’s top executives and investors in late November gathered to toast the man of the hour.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 24, 2026

The restaurant is unapologetically gilded, from the walls to the Japanese kintsugi–inspired plates, which reference the tradition of repairing broken pottery with gold.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2026

The veteran Scot stood down after winning the club's 20th English league crown following two decades of domestic dominance gilded by European success.

From Barron's • Jan. 5, 2026

His skin had been gilded honey; now it was fish-belly white beneath the grime.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo