gild

Mr. Armitage does not gild this realization; he lets it stand, stark and unresolved.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026

“The challenge of it was to try to go to that place but not gild the lily too much,” Scott says.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 9, 2024

If you feel you need to gild the lily, then keep working.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 30, 2023

But truly, there's no reason to gild the lily, so I think I'll go on making it just as my Nana and my mom did — and I wouldn't have it any other way.

From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2021

He might gild it, but in truth it was lacking.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen

The way O’Hara gilds this line’s delivery with a wistful sparkle feels true because we’ve seen her spin such treasure playing all kinds of would-be topliners with an amiable, delicious amount of lunacy.

From Salon ● Feb. 4, 2026

If I’ve got prosciutto on hand, it really gilds the lily, but it’s not necessary for a sublime tartine.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 7, 2020

We catch glimpses whenever Lee Pace, playing the automobile entrepreneur John DeLorean, gilds his ho-hum dialogue in unexpected layers of foreboding.

From New York Times ● Aug. 15, 2019

In the center of town, the hotel gilds its Native American and Spanish aesthetic with all the luxe you require.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2018

The craft gilds appeared about a century later, and were associations of artisans engaged in a particular industry.

From Boy Labour and Apprenticeship by Reginald Arthur Bray

It’s in keeping with the spring-through-summer obsession with other topics that blare a disconnect from average concerns, say a $400 million, 90,000-square-foot, gilded ballroom.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

Its curved blade, chipped and rusted, with a gilded, possibly brass, hilt featuring a lion on the end, is too delicate to hold.

From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026

On her fireplace, an ornate gilded mirror from the 1940s she found at Sunbeam Vintage is flanked by porcelain figurines.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026

At the rear of the hospital, grey coffins with gilded bas-reliefs emerged before the cameras of dozens of journalists.

From Barron's ● Jul. 14, 2026

The setting sun gilded the terraces on the east bank but cast the west bank into dark blue shadow.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

The benchmark 10-year gilt yield was at its highest since 2008 this week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026

The U.K. will sell a new May 2030 gilt on Thursday.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

After a sharp uptick on Tuesday, which took the yield on a 10-year bond - or gilt - to the highest level since 2008, it fell back slightly on Thursday.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Some may be wondering about the impact of higher gilt yields on the mortgage market, particularly after what followed Liz Truss's mini-Budget in September 2022.

From BBC ● Sep. 2, 2026

Doug raised his arms, pointing his index fingers to the flaking gilt ceiling in the I'm- number-one sign, and acknowledged the clapping with a victory lap around the room.

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin

Paramount+ has “The Madison” standout Michelle Pfeiffer and Season 2 of “Landman,” both of which could bring Emmy gilding to Taylor Sheridan’s success, plus “Dexter: Resurrection.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026

He was meticulous in ordering well-made clothes, and a “chariot” with some gilding wouldn’t be too excessive, he thought.

From Slate ● Feb. 16, 2026

Not many of us had “Jeffrey Epstein” or “Ghislaine Maxwell” on our bingo cards — to mix metaphors while gilding the lily.

From Salon ● Aug. 22, 2025

They were then sent for gilding and upholstery, before Mr Desnoues added designs and a wood finish.

From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2025

“The heat doesn’t seem to have damaged the gilding on your tongue.”

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss