patina

Now, some clients 30 and older are seeking out dermatologists and aestheticians with nursing degrees who can help them maintain a slight patina of wrinkles—at least enough for furrowing and raising the brows.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

Each turnover being a rare event, most every fresh host has been greeted with a chorus of “Who? What? Why?” before time accords the newcomer a patina of inevitability.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

“Overcleaning can remove patina, soften detail and reduce value — particularly for antique pieces. When in doubt, leave it as is,” said Emily Otranto, lead researcher with M.S.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 31, 2025

One of the affected neighborhoods is Jabriyat, a wealthy area overlooking the camp that has the feel of a ghost town, where villas bear the dusty patina of abandonment.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 24, 2025

Again I looked down at the long drop to the glacier, then up, then scraped away the patina of ice above my head.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer

This theoretical point is intriguing, if less engaging than the pockmarked patinas that also differentiate the four rounded forms.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 1, 2022

Fashionable homes across the country began sprouting lichened stone urns and zinc-top pedestal tables bearing sun-bleached patinas.

From Architectural Digest ● Mar. 18, 2015

The show will feature the newest additions to the line’s “wearable architecture”: striking solid-bronze fabrications with patinas that “evolve over time.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2014

Both the appeal of and the problem with “Restoration” is that what’s under the patinas isn’t very surprising.

From New York Times ● May 20, 2010

I studied pigments and tinting to match antique patinas.

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys