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Meanings of glossy in английском
(Of paper and fabric and leather) having a surface made smooth and glossy especially by pressing between rollers.
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Examples for "shining"
Examples for "shining"
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The takeover of the fine china group Wedgwood was a shining example.
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The words Madiba lived by are a shining example for us all.
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For one bright shining moment I decided I had seen the light.
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The Stem sector remains one of the shining lights of Ireland's economy.
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They said: Carly was and always will be our beautiful shining light.
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The resulting local techlash has made the industry a shiny political target.
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This is GOES-16, NOAA's shiny weather satellite which launched late last year.
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Outside of 14B, she found a present wrapped in shiny silver paper.
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Sparkly and shiny, but is your natural make-up free of forced labor?
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The Weimar Republic, shiny and new after the war, was a disaster.
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These areas of glistening beauty upset Severan Hydt: the new, the unblemished.
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In the moonlight Gloria saw the glistening saliva from the half-parted jaws.
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The glistering branches arched above; the glistening stream of steel flowed beneath.
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Handsome in the glistening summer sun sat the bird of rainbow plumage.
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They were enormous clawed beasts, horns and talons glistening with sea spray.
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Good nutrition assures the best possible environment for building strong, lustrous hair.
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The light shone back from the lustrous wide eyes of the grey.
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Even the serene tranquility of the lustrous air preyed on my spirits.
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Only the panic-stricken eyes seemed to flare wide and lustrous above it.
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A great alternative to wallpaper, fabric can give walls a lustrous texture.
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It had a sheeny surface of some substance Howard did not know.
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They dealt in jewels, and cloth of gold, and sheeny satins.
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The old woman in question turned a pair of sheeny eyes towards the speaker.
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Two heavy plaits lay like sheeny snakes over her bosom and the white sheet.
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She was silent, and her eye fell and rested on the sheeny damask beneath.
Usage of glossy in английском
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The glossy pigment certainly seems to be the look of the year.
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Verso's products are used primarily in catalogs, magazines and glossy advertising brochures.
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The new covers conceal those innocent illustrations behind a glossy, stylised veneer.
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Are glossy celebrity selfies the best way to achieve the campaign's aims?
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Of course, they don't know what's behind the glossy and glorious appearance.
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The costume is made of glossy sateen; the sandals of canton flannel.
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The arts amounts to far more than just glossy shows and pantos.
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Pawn franchises with glossy signs can be seen in many British towns.
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A rash of glossy magazine and home improvement programmes showed us how.
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Litter is absent among glossy office towers hosting an alphabet of banks.
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Another glossy, snappy, remake-friendly French comedy with a light but sturdy concept.
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Think cold, stark, glossy, the girl with the ripped tee said importantly.
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The models wore glossy ponytails; makeup emphasised bronzed cheekbones and strong eyebrows.
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I vote for stamina and stance, I'm not interested in glossy techniques.
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The younger woman wore her long glossy tresses plaited in Mexican fashion.
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It was a black bear, its glossy coat shining in the sunlight.
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Glossy through the time
Glossy across language varieties
Ireland
Common
Australia
Common
United States of America
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