gild
Example Sentences
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“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
It does not soar over the East River or gild the windswept entrance to San Francisco Bay.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2022
There was a bit of seasoning, garlic and oil to gild the lily, but it was foremost tomato-forward.
From Salon • Aug. 18, 2021
Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas asked if he intended to gild the subway tracks.
From New York Times • Jul. 30, 2021
He would sing the glory of Hrothgar’s line and gild his wisdom and stir up his men to more daring deeds, for a price.
From "Grendel" by John Gardner
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
