sheen
Example Sentences
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Bayern may have gone out against Paris St-Germain in a classic two-leg Champions League semi-final, but this cannot take the sheen off Kane's stunning season.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
While the richly orchestrated productions evoke the mid-1970s, tracks like “Sauna” have a lightly synthetic sheen redolent of the early ’80s.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
Apart from non-native speakers, there may be other subgroups of writers whose prose has the focus-grouped sheen of ChatGPT output.
From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026
With its Miyazaki-inflected aesthetic rooted in hand-stylized humans and a juxtaposition of natural-world splendor with the sheen of artificial enhancements, “Arco” is a sweet yet slight sci-fi vision, an “E.T.” riff with a European sensibility.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026
Over the samovar’s chimney, the waiter had draped a string festooned with bublitchki, small bagel-shaped rolls baked to a glossy sheen.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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