pewter

Example Sentences

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The work, with a handsome design by Mr. Loquasto, features what look like sheets of pewter leaf hanging from clotheslines, beneath and through which eight dancers in dusky-hued unitards come and go.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

Instead of pewter, Charrière employs polished stainless steel panels, the largest more than seven feet tall.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2023

The team’s primary colors have been red and pewter since 1997.

From Washington Times • Oct. 16, 2023

All remains are thought to be pre-19th Century and some sites have remains of clothing such as waistcoats and bone and pewter buttons.

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2022

The California sunlight had the pewter cast of a declining season.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand