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Examples of gold leaf in a Sentence
a frame covered with gold leaf
Recent Examples on the Web
The gold leaf artworks have the aesthetic of Byzantine or Renaissance altarpieces.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
That’s because all four artists make heavy use of gold leaf, in some cases eschewing backgrounds altogether in favor of fields of glowing metal.
—Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 11 Oct. 2024
In 2020, the Anantara brand acquired it and set about redecorating the rooms in rich brown hues with antique gold leaf accents, while preserving the original details—pink and jade green marble, gilded balustrades—so lovingly that the iPad-wielding guests appear almost anachronistic.
—Lina Mounzer, Condé Nast Traveler, 12 Apr. 2023
Sketch your preferred silhouettes with a stick of charcoal, slather the negative space in a gluey reddish mixture, cover that in translucent gold leaf (glueless, the metal has a queasy green tinge), and burnish that with a wolf’s tooth.
—Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
circa 1741, in the meaning defined above
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“Gold leaf.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gold%20leaf. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
Kids Definition
gold leaf
noun
: a very thin sheet of gold used especially for gilding
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