marmoreal
Example Sentences
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Over the centuries, many art restorers and dealers felt obliged to vigorously scrub Greek and Roman objects, so as to enhance their marmoreal gleam—and their collectibility.
From The New Yorker ● Oct. 22, 2018
Then there’s the marmoreal serenity of the shoulder lines.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2018
Consider St. John in his chilled marmoreal loveliness—“It is seldom, indeed, an English face comes so near the antique models.”
From Slate ● Apr. 5, 2016
As slow as Branagh is swift, she is marmoreal and declamatory, with some odd emphases.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 13, 2013
The marmoreal and academic work seemed wonderfully warm and original in that room at Bycars.
From The Price of Love by Arnold Bennett
