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Meanings of sheen in inglês
Glossiness or matte appearance of a paint finish.
Synonyms
Examples for "lustre"
Examples for "lustre"
1
Gibson's attempts to restore his former industry lustre have so far floundered.
2
Political parties have long lusted after the economic lustre of George Lee.
3
In some diseases the lustre of the eye increases, as in consumption.
4
Their excellence only appears with the greater lustre amidst the general defection.
5
I can see on the right the lustre of the high-tide sea.
1
Under the cloudy sky the waters had the steel-gray luster of quicksilver.
2
And unfortunately, it's here that the system loses some of its luster.
3
She will take away the elastic step, the luster from the eye.
4
What she said he did not know; his lack-luster gaze met hers.
5
Yet as the drizzle added luster to most surfaces, my disquiet grew.
1
It comes down to the light refracting off all that extra shininess.'
2
Dresser, London, and McWilliams all wore business suits of varying ages and degrees of shininess.
3
She rubbed at the shininess, thinking: He's terribly good-looking.
4
The sheer shininess of it epitomises everything that went wrong with design in the noughties.
5
So when you throw slurs on our plumb newness and shininess, I've got the cards to call yuh.
Usage of sheen in inglês
1
All was uncertain, save the golden sheen of sunlight in the east.
2
The purple sheen on the back of the neck is more brilliant.
3
With his youthful spirit and nice manner Walcott always worn a sheen.
4
Bonus points for the luminous sheen it leaves behind on your cheeks.
5
The dancing yellow sheen revealed the fair and anxious countenance of Elfride.
6
But I do understand some women's reluctance to forgo the sheen entirely.
7
By February the sheen was coming off the deal for Sinn Féin.
8
The sheen from them gave a dull lurid-green cast to the scene.
9
Blue smoke rose from it, and within was the sheen of glasses.
10
The orange sheen of the setting sun paints the glass behind him.
11
And so to combat that, it's a bit duller of a sheen.
12
A thick, shaggy beard fell in a silvery sheen over his breast.
13
It can reduce to a blackened sheen in a few untended seconds.
14
And over it all was a sheen like a myriad cut diamonds.
15
Tiny-waisted yet buxom, she had creamy skin with a faint olive sheen.
16
The young shoots of rice have the sheen of an infant's limbs.
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Sheen across language varieties
United States of America
Common
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common