gloss
Example Sentences
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Then she curls her lashes and applies mascara and lip gloss.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
While “Blue Heron” may not come coated in the feel-good gloss of “The Sheep Detectives,” these two films are mirror images — not two in a trend, but in direct conversation with one another.
From Salon • May 25, 2026
John McGinn's late double put the gloss on a dominant performance that was too much for Forest to match, or even cope with.
From BBC • May 7, 2026
Ozon gives it all a fascinatingly detached gloss so that our curiosity is well-tapped.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2026
Somehow, he could gloss over the whole appearing/disappearing part of the story, just as he’d glossed over it when Katherine was telling about the vanishing man in Mr. Reardon’s office.
From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
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Vocabulary lists containing gloss
"Macbeth": Act 1 Scene 7
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