patent leather
Example Sentences
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He once kicked a movie star out of his shop because the star brought back a pair of patent leather shoes that he claimed were defective.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 24, 2025
One of her earliest childhood memories is fixating on a pair of pair of shiny patent leather shoes, when she was about five years old, and getting her father to buy them for her.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2024
In contrast, the menswear collection featured sharp tailoring and shorts, complimented by patent leather shoes in black, green and brown with prominent silver buckles and belts.
From Reuters • Sep. 18, 2023
Saint Laurent’s invite, meanwhile, was a chic black patent leather wallet with a metallic “YSL” on top, with the show card hidden inside.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 28, 2022
The nurse hummed busily as she opened one drawer after another, stuffing the new underclothes and blouses and skirts and pajamas my mother had bought me into the black patent leather overnight case.
From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
