How to Use gild in a Sentence

gild

verb

• Those who want to gild the lily cook it in lard in a skillet.
  — Michael Ruhlman, New York Times, 18 June 2019
• Just to gild the lily, there’s one more stat to add to the staggering list.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 21 Oct. 2021
• To those who gild these streets with their sweat, the boom has been a blessing.
  — chicagotribune.com, 13 Nov. 2019
• To gild the lily for this recipe, some warm spices and musky lime zest tie it all together.
  — Christian Reynoso, Bon Appétit, 25 July 2022
• Three of the works hang against black walls, and one is set against a panel gilded with gold leaf.
  — Mary Dellas, The Cut, 5 Mar. 2018
• Gilding the lily: Stir in a tablespoon of minced onion chives with the mixture.
  — Cincinnati.com, 24 Aug. 2017
• These maces, which date back to the 17th century, are made of silver gilt over oak.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 Apr. 2023
• On the top at about the center is a silver gilded Eagle.
  — Dawn Mitchell, Indianapolis Star, 30 Apr. 2018
• The atmosphere is gilding for the lily that is Sproose, a double IPA made with spruce tips.
  — Kathy Flanigan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2018
• In the large room of a house in a certain quiet city in Flanders, a man was gilding a devil.
  — Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 5 June 2019
• Count on the omelet at Le Clou always to be rich with French butter, tangy with crème fraîche and gilded with caviar.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 May 2023
• Two mounted two eagles, which were cast in bronze and gilded in gold leaf.
  — Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 7 May 2023
• The starting showtime is 8 p.m., just as the sun bathes the landscape with its fading, gilded light.
  — Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 July 2023
• But the up-to-the-minute plotlines gild what insiders say has been a very tumultuous time.
  — Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2020
• The edges of the book’s pages are gilded, signaling refinement, while the front and back covers are chunky and made of wood.
  — Meghan Cox Gurdon, wsj.com, 5 May 2023
• Coral gilds the stanchions, feathered with dim Atlantic light.
  — Connie Bruck, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2018
• Cocktails Don't let all the glitter and gilding convince you that the cocktail list is fluff.
  — Liz Biro, Indianapolis Star, 1 July 2019
• The mood appears to die down, in twilit tranquillity, at the close of Ruiz’s début day, with Les Bosquets gilded by the sun’s last rays.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2020
• The claw-foot Empire bed in the master bedroom has gilt pine cone and putti details.
  — Cynthia Frank, ELLE Decor, 13 Mar. 2018
• Driving home even further the special nature of the piece are the chamfered edges of the bridges and hammers, which are gilded.
  — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 10 Nov. 2023
• Both can be gilded with the addition of a raw egg or ordered over a block of tofu instead of rice.
  — Bon Appetit, 19 Mar. 2018
• It’s no longer enough to just gild the lily; the lily must now be ballyhooed as a veritable garden, in full bloom.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 9 July 2021
• What’s exotic to me isn’t food gilded with turmeric and six-day weddings — it’s grits and rodeos.
  — Sarah Khan, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2017
• But lilies were made to be gilded, which is why hot honey butter exists.
  — Alex Delany, Bon Appetit, 26 Jan. 2018
• Not afraid to gild the lily, Diner Grill’s cooks top the whole affair with a shimmering lava flow of chili and two eggs sunny side up.
  — Adam Lukach, chicagotribune.com, 4 Mar. 2022
• Everything after that is, in a certain sense, gilding the lily.
  — David Kender, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2020
• The removal of the statue is part of a nearly $2 million project that will also include re-gilding the golden dome.
  — Fox News, 2 Apr. 2018
• Made in the style of 17th century furniture, the seats were crafted from carved and gilded beechwood.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 May 2023
• Behind the living room couch hangs a triptych, gilded wood framing scenes that were assembled with vibrant leather from book covers and spines.
  — Chicago Tribune, Orange County Register, 1 Feb. 2024
• The first sale will focus on French antiques, lamps, bronze statues, clocks, upholstered chairs, Rococo gilt wood mirrors and Hollywood Regency decor.
  — Mackenzie Schmidt, Peoplemag, 20 Dec. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024