sheen

Example Sentences

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The aesthetic favors deliberate roughness and mistakes over a sterile, polished sheen.

From Los Angeles Times

It was while a silver sheen covered the ice and the water that I heard the sound.

From Literature

Perth and Kinross Council said there had been no reports of any sightings of fuel sheen in the River Tay or Loch Tay since Saturday afternoon.

From BBC

Even in the dim light of the basement, Jonah could tell that Chip had a panicky sheen of sweat on his face.

From Literature

Anytime the film veers into computer-generated territory, it takes on a sheen of cheesy artifice.

From Los Angeles Times