How to Use shellac in a Sentence

shellac

1 of 2 noun

• Block and Philpot streets were home to the Lacy Foundry, which made street lamp poles and manhole covers, and to other plants that turned out paint and shellac.
  — Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 7 Apr. 2018
• More than one toddler pulling a toy train across the scratch-free, shellac-finished, quarter-sawn oak floors?
  — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 12 May 2017
• Fill those existing dents with clear nail polish or shellac.
  — Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2021
• The site became industrialized with the Lacy Foundry and industries that made shellac and paint.
  — Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 15 June 2019
• This recipe’s sweet and sour glaze — a glossy shellac of grape jelly, soy sauce and rice vinegar — is a glorious celebration of Mr. Bull’s amethyst fruit.
  — Eric Kim, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2023
• Pro tip: When playing football, use shellac nail polish.
  — Jayda Evans, The Seattle Times, 26 Oct. 2018
• In the official paperwork, the grants looked like the kind of research efforts the government might be funding; altruism was slapped on like a coat of shellac.
  — Jim Dwyer, New York Times, 13 July 2017
• In 1942, Columbia Records attributed a shortage of shellac to demand for his records.
  — Daniel E. Slotnik, New York Times, 27 Nov. 2022
• The process required cleaning and hand-sanding every panel and groove, after which Newborg applied a custom shellac and finish.
  — Nancy Ngo, Star Tribune, 30 July 2021
• Nguyen said on Facebook that Stefani received a manicure and pedicure, choosing a neon orange shellac.
  — Ajc Homepage, ajc, 15 July 2017
• Softer brushes, like this one, are better for stains and clear finishes, like varnish, spar varnish, shellac, and brushing lacquers.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 16 Jan. 2019
• In some cases, virtually no remaining copies of the original recordings existed because the shellac had been melted down to help paint tanks in World War II.
  — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 15 May 2017
• There was little demand for an improvement during the Depression, and certainly not during the war, when plastics (and presumably shellacs) went toward the war effort.
  — Michael Tomasky, The Atlantic, 31 May 2017
• Methanol is a type of alcohol that's often used as an ingredient in antifreeze, paint thinner, shellac, and windshield wiper fluid, according to MedlinePlus.
  — Cory Stieg, refinery29.com, 18 June 2019
• At the turn of the century, the ever-expanding electrical industry was running low on shellac, a resin secreted by the female lac bug which could be used as an insulating material.
  — Alice Bell, CNN, 5 Nov. 2019
• This contained inorganic pigments in an organic binding medium overlaid by a shellac varnish.
  — The Economist, 8 June 2019
• The Brach’s classic candy corn ingredients were listed as sugar, corn syrup, confectioner’s glaze (shellac), salt, dextrose, gelatin, sesame oil, artificial flavor, honey, Yellow 6, Yellow 5, Red 3.
  — Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2019
• Block and Philpot streets were home to the Lacy Foundry, which made street lamp poles and manhole covers, and to other plants that turned out paint and shellac.
  — Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 7 Apr. 2018
• More than one toddler pulling a toy train across the scratch-free, shellac-finished, quarter-sawn oak floors?
  — The Washington Post, The Denver Post, 12 May 2017
• Fill those existing dents with clear nail polish or shellac.
  — Washington Post, 4 Nov. 2021
• The site became industrialized with the Lacy Foundry and industries that made shellac and paint.
  — Jacques Kelly, baltimoresun.com, 15 June 2019
• This recipe’s sweet and sour glaze — a glossy shellac of grape jelly, soy sauce and rice vinegar — is a glorious celebration of Mr. Bull’s amethyst fruit.
  — Eric Kim, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2023
• Pro tip: When playing football, use shellac nail polish.
  — Jayda Evans, The Seattle Times, 26 Oct. 2018
• In the official paperwork, the grants looked like the kind of research efforts the government might be funding; altruism was slapped on like a coat of shellac.
  — Jim Dwyer, New York Times, 13 July 2017
• In 1942, Columbia Records attributed a shortage of shellac to demand for his records.
  — Daniel E. Slotnik, New York Times, 27 Nov. 2022
• The process required cleaning and hand-sanding every panel and groove, after which Newborg applied a custom shellac and finish.
  — Nancy Ngo, Star Tribune, 30 July 2021
• Nguyen said on Facebook that Stefani received a manicure and pedicure, choosing a neon orange shellac.
  — Ajc Homepage, ajc, 15 July 2017
• Softer brushes, like this one, are better for stains and clear finishes, like varnish, spar varnish, shellac, and brushing lacquers.
  — Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 16 Jan. 2019
• In some cases, virtually no remaining copies of the original recordings existed because the shellac had been melted down to help paint tanks in World War II.
  — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 15 May 2017
• There was little demand for an improvement during the Depression, and certainly not during the war, when plastics (and presumably shellacs) went toward the war effort.
  — Michael Tomasky, The Atlantic, 31 May 2017

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shellac

2 of 2 verb

• The righthander was shellacked for 10 runs on 11 hits, including two homers.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Aug. 2023
• They had been shellacked in some cases, slathered with house paint in others.
  — Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 11 Oct. 2022
• Sale was shellacked for five runs in five innings, bringing the lefthander’s ERA to 8.22.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Apr. 2023
• Not the kind with bespoke suits and parted, shellacked hair; the kind with his sleeves rolled up, and a pair of beat-up beige sneakers on his feet.
  — Issie Lapowsky, WIRED, 5 June 2018
• Clinton got shellacked, losing the House for the Democrats for the first time since Harry Truman was in office.
  — Chris Stirewalt, Fox News, 27 July 2018
• By then, Bolsinger was a middle of the pack reliever with the end of his career in sight, but that shellacking couldn’t have helped.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2020
• The hairstyle, known for its round shape, with hair swept off the face and shellacked into place with quite a bit of hair spray, is symbolic of all that is retro.
  — Marisa Meltzer, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2020
• And at Etro, lengths were partially shellacked to the face, a thoughtful elevation of the wet-look trend.
  — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2023
• With their small heads, shellacked scalps and long necks, the teammates looked elegant and creaturely, like a row of lizards.
  — Lizzie Feidelson, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2017
• But his review is sparkling compared to the shellacking the 2004 TV movie received from Ray Richmond.
  — Bill Higgins, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2018
• The rising temperatures and dry days come on the heels of a springtime snow shellacking on Mount Hood.
  — Jim Ryan, OregonLive.com, 18 May 2017
• It was being shellacked by 46 points and the listless effort from the Kings that made the squad worthy of disparagement.
  — Jason Jones, sacbee, 22 Dec. 2017
• Oxblood gator skin seats, plastic mold of a mini 1886 Winchester on the outside of the glove box, shellacked rose rock knob on the shifter, sycamore steering wheel.
  — Hazlitt, 14 June 2023
• Jimenez was coming off his worst start of the year, battered for a season-high nine runs in a 2 1/3-inning shellacking at the Tampa Bay Rays.
  — Eduardo A. Encina, baltimoresun.com, 29 June 2017
• The Poopmaster worked great on the ground, but did nothing for the bird poop that shellacked benches and newspaper racks and public art.
  — Kale Williams, OregonLive.com, 7 Feb. 2018
• To see them as something to be celebrated and embraced, not wiped away or wished away or filled or frozen or shellacked with a primer.
  — Liz Siegel, Allure, 13 Dec. 2017
• Even in a straightforward noodle stir-fry called japchae, the chicken was shellacked with sugar.
  — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 3 May 2018
• Just be sure it's slightly toasted and shellacked with a creamy mayonnaise.
  — Joseph Hernandez, chicagotribune.com, 9 May 2017
• For the last decade of the 20th century, the waves were deeper, more defined, and practically shellacked into place, thanks to the advent of firm-hold gels.
  — Jihan Forbes, Allure, 1 Aug. 2023
• The Gophers’ undefeated start was their best since 1904, back when the program was shellacking high school teams.
  — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 6 Dec. 2019
• But his more moderate colleagues, after witnessing the shellacking the House bill got with the MacArthur amendment, are leery of such a move.
  — Jim Newell, Slate Magazine, 29 June 2017
• The Wolverines were shellacked by Ohio State in the final game of the regular season for the second consecutive year.
  — Orion Sang, Detroit Free Press, 29 Dec. 2019
• LHP Amir Garrett got shellacked, giving up nine runs (seven earned) in 4 1/3 innings.
  — Zach Buchanan, Cincinnati.com, 25 Aug. 2017
• The gentleman who prepared my freeze applied the toppings gingerly, shellacking one side of the green swirl with tiny cubes of pineapple.
  — Marian Bull, Bon Appetit, 22 Feb. 2017
• The gentleman who prepared my freeze applied the toppings gingerly, shellacking one side of the green swirl with tiny cubes of pineapple.
  — Marian Bull, Bon Appetit, 22 Feb. 2017
• Edmonton also handed the Golden Knights their worst loss of the season, an 8-2 shellacking on Nov. 14.
  — USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2018
• In Bosworth and Chopra’s case, their hairlines were shellacked against their foreheads in a semi-bang resembling a wooden or ceramic shrine of Mary.
  — Melissa Magsaysay, latimes.com, 8 May 2018
• Kalil watched at home in Charlotte as Newton was benched for a dress code violation and the Panthers were shellacked 40-7 in a prime-time embarrassment.
  — Joseph Person, charlotteobserver, 26 May 2017
• The tender vegetables were shellacked in fragrant, feisty pepper paste.
  — Fortune, 14 July 2019
• With his skinny tie and lapels, pointy-toe shoes, and seriously shellacked hair, he could almost be mistaken for a French Ricky Martin.
  — Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, 25 Apr. 2018

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