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Recent Examples of metallic
Mix them with iridescent ball ornaments, metallic ball garland, and paper chains for a plentiful tree.
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Amy Panos, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Dec. 2024
Over the summer, a wayward cluster of metallic balloons triggered a widespread power outage in Orleans Parish after coming into contact with a power line.
—Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN, 8 Dec. 2024
Eva Longoria Longoria’s metallic off-the-shoulder gown featured a sweetheart neckline and a floor-length train.
—Hannah Malach, WWD, 5 Dec. 2024
These are wild acrylic blobs that when turned off make a perfect metallic mirror, and when turned on become transparent with a warm and interesting glow.
—Helen Havlak, The Verge, 29 Nov. 2024
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Amy Panos, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Dec. 2024
Over the summer, a wayward cluster of metallic balloons triggered a widespread power outage in Orleans Parish after coming into contact with a power line.
—Artemis Moshtaghian, CNN, 8 Dec. 2024
Eva Longoria Longoria’s metallic off-the-shoulder gown featured a sweetheart neckline and a floor-length train.
—Hannah Malach, WWD, 5 Dec. 2024
These are wild acrylic blobs that when turned off make a perfect metallic mirror, and when turned on become transparent with a warm and interesting glow.
—Helen Havlak, The Verge, 29 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for metallic
Recent Examples of Synonyms for metallic
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Like, watched it all the way through from the shrill opening filled with obnoxious kids to the leadenly staged slapstick climax?Keith Phipps, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2024
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Further down the road, another piper — just playing to play — is sending his shrill notes out into the night sky.Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, The Athletic, 5 July 2024
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Miranda, however, wears a sheath of strident red skin-tight sequins, with a crimson damask coat arranged just so over her shoulders.Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 6 Dec. 2024
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What attracted people in from the mid-nineties through 2011, when Giant Robot published its final issue, was its mixture of arrogance—the sense that it was made by people with a strident sense of taste—but also curiosity.Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2024
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While Queen seemed resistant to the crowd’s raucous support of the home team, Willard seemed to acknowledge that the first away game from Xfinity Center in College Park not involving a neutral venue impacted the players.Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 8 Dec. 2024
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In the wake of the Kennedy assassination, many sporting events were called off, and the raucous, patriotic annual match between the two service academies nearly met the same fate.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Dec. 2024
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Centuries of grime has been wiped away to reveal an immaculate but aesthetically dissonant house of worship: a Gothic church that glistens.Joshua Berlinger, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
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Just as the concert’s success depends on most musicians playing correctly despite a few dissonant notes, a blockchain’s integrity relies on honest nodes reaching consensus even when some nodes fail or act maliciously.Gary Weinstein, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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Blige’s voice has become more raspy with time, and instead of finding material that suits it, Good Morning Gorgeous surrounds Blige with loud distractions like drill beats and DJ Khaled ad-libs.Al Shipley, SPIN, 26 Nov. 2024
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Singer Richard Butler remained a magnetic presence with his distinctive raspy vocals and was accompanied by his brother Tim’s stalwart bass work.David Chiu, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024
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In a childcare montage near the film’s beginning, for instance, Heller wanted to capture how jarring ordinary moments can be when you’re sleep-deprived and stuck with a toddler.Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024
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All the meticulous character development of Season 1 has gone out the window, and we’re left with rather jarring leaps instead.Erik Kain, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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His political opponents viewed him as grating, uncooperative, and at times dogmatic.Daniel R. DePetris, Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2024
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Find it on Amazon Save Dishes With This Hand Grater This Hand Grater has three grating surfaces, a non-slip base, measurements, and a vegetable peeler.Hannah Rice, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2024
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In today’s noisy landscape, initial efforts to get a fledgling client noticed may fall short.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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Positive energy Bears wide receiver DJ Moore looked around a noisy Friday afternoon locker room when asked how the team has handled the recent coaching changes.Colleen Kane, Chicago Tribune, 6 Dec. 2024
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“Metallic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metallic. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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