sheen

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

Later, the counter began to crowd with flaky croissants, sticky pastry, brioches with amber sheen.

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2026

It comes across like a lower-fi version of such early punk groups as Suicide and Television with a digital sheen that suggests ’80s Tangerine Dream.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

Overall the score has a bright, likable pop sheen that befits the material.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 31, 2025

Her skin had had a moist pinkish sheen, and her hair had been long, dyed deep brown and ironed into loose curls.

From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart