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gloss

[glos, glaws] / glɒs, glɔs /






Example Sentences

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It has a gloss to it, a kind of quiet sheen that standard mayo simply does not.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

And though the high gloss may be an act given Gaston’s actual vocation, Marshall plays the part as if the crook himself believes the masquerade.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

Shivam Dube added gloss with late-order hitting and Axar Patel starred in the field.

From BBC • Mar. 8, 2026

Clyde: In her bag right now would be her phone, wallet, her little rose-brown colored lip gloss.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026

I bought a souvenir booklet that cost ten dollars, and I had looked at it so often that I was wearing the gloss off its pages.

From "The View From Saturday" by E.L. Konigsburg




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