gild
Example Sentences
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There are plenty of signs that the gild is coming off the lily of the most robust AI forecasts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 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
It does not soar over the East River or gild the windswept entrance to San Francisco Bay.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 9, 2022
But we can all stand to gild the lily every now and then.
From Salon • Jun. 21, 2022
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
Vocabulary lists containing gild
Animal Farm
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Grendel
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
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