How to Use pewter in a Sentence

pewter

noun

• Put on the pewter lid when you’re done, and your ice cream stays cold for hours.
  — Time, 23 June 2023
• The monarch stood out in bright pink against Kate's cloudy pewter palette.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 Jan. 2020
• The wealthy ate their food off pewter, an alloy with a high lead content.
  — Francesco Lastrucci, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Feb. 2021
• The Bucs should start by ditching the pewter (for silver or black) and bring more of the orange into the mix.
  — Andrew Joseph, For The Win, 19 Apr. 2018
• The muted colors in the background—the pewter sky, the drab pastel walls, the dead white of the bus—seem to sympathize.
  — Rafał Milach, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2022
• Flat and mysterious, the ocean was the color of pewter.
  — Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2020
• There are two color options for the base of the candles: pewter and antique bronze.
  — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2023
• There was chrome trim up front with fake wood on the dash and smoked pewter-look trim on the center stack and center air vents.
  — Mark Savage, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2017
• The mules are available in eight colors, including tea and pewter, and in sizes 5–12.
  — Monica Bell, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2023
• After the Glazers bought the team, the Bucs switched to the pewter-and-red scheme with a crossed-swords emblem for the 1997 season, looking for a karmic change.
  — Conor Orr, SI.com, 28 June 2019
• Some were antiques made from pewter and lead and others were formed from erasers, guitar picks and beeswax.
  — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 3 Dec. 2021
• The rich, satiny gold, bronze, and pewter shadows that rimmed his lash lines glimmered whenever the light hit his eyes.
  — Devon Abelman, Allure, 15 Mar. 2019
• By the Middle Ages, long before Johnson’s time, certain inns used pewter for mugs to keep beer and ale cold.
  — Time, 23 June 2023
• Save gold’s warm hues for summer’s sandy shores and step into the future this fall with gunmetal, pewter and sparkling foils.
  — Kevin Huynh, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2022
• Guestrooms are sleek, polished and washed in deep ocean blue tones with pewter and wood finishes.
  — Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
• Don’t put in sharp knives, brass, bronze, cast-iron, pewter, silver, wood, fine china or anything with gold leaf.
  — oregonlive, 23 Mar. 2021
• The fact of the matter is that European aristocrats ate off of pewter plates, which had a high lead content.
  — Farideh Sadeghin, Saveur, 14 Sep. 2023
• The dark stain of the wood as well as the slate gray bedding and pewter decor make this room sophisticated, sleek, and calming all at once.
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 29 July 2022
• Designed by Los Angeles artists, the pewter curios sell for $20 each on the website hingeheads.com.
  — Susan Christian Goulding, Orange County Register, 13 Jan. 2017
• Fill Julep cup, preferably silver or pewter, or other glass, with crushed ice.
  — Elizabeth Karmel, Forbes, 20 May 2022
• Spiraling pewter inserts in the kitchen’s travertine floor match the pewter drawer pulls.
  — Jeastman, oregonlive, 17 Mar. 2023
• Early ice cream molds were made from pewter and used by caterers for special occasions in the home.
  — Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 5 Aug. 2021
• Take your pick of nine colors, including taupe, pewter, silver, and smokey blue.
  — Lauren Dana Ellman, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Sep. 2023
• Offered in brass/black and pewter/dark stone, this classic has a turn-lock closure and polished pebble leather.
  — Brittany Romano, Glamour, 27 Nov. 2023
• Its Boss Hog rye is a forceful, 14-year-old spirit in a handsome bottle with a pewter stopper.
  — Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2017
• Columns of light pierced its jagged crevasses, bathing the walls in supernatural shades of jade and pewter.
  — Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Nov. 2021
• Décor slants to each gender — pewter sconces for men, crystal for women.
  — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 19 Oct. 2019
• The palette was subtle, soothing, tone-on-tone neutrals: gray, beige, brown, pewter, and cream, with contrasts of black and silver.
  — David Denicolo, Town & Country, 14 Mar. 2018
• There was salsa verde in a pewter gravy boat, horseradish sauce and apple chutney.
  — Liza Weisstuch, The Seattle Times, 17 May 2017
• Rae's makeup artist had many metals to choose from — there's silver, gold, pewter, and copper beads in the star's gown — when creating this look.
  — Hannah Morrill, Allure, 23 Feb. 2018

Last Updated: 28 May 2024