How to Use gold leaf in a Sentence

gold leaf

noun

• Paint the rim of the bottom half using a gold leaf marker.
  — Country Living Staff, Country Living, 31 Mar. 2017
• And then the makeup—gorgeous and dramatic two-lined liner, glowing skin and rosy lips topped off with a touch of gold (courtesy of a gold leaf right in the inner corners of eyes).
  — Nicole Catanese, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 May 2014
• Just inside, a Mughal style quadrant is ornamented with cascading fountains and framed by an arched passageway and gold leaf frescoes.
  — Town & Country, 6 Oct. 2016
• On a clear day the king can see sunlight flashing off the gold leaf that covers the Dome of the Rock, in Jerusalem, some 45 miles west of Amman.
  — Richard McGill Murphy, Town & Country, 17 Dec. 2012
• Using gold leaf, the engineers were able to make three classes of DuoSkin that function as inputs, outputs and communication devices.
  — Sophie Weiner, Popular Mechanics, 13 Aug. 2016
• The gold leaf on the dome, the guide told us, is as thin as ash.
  — Melanie D.g. Kaplan / Washington Post, Twin Cities, 20 Aug. 2019
• The gold leaf Flash is an exact copy of the script pictured in the book.
  — Jim Eicher, Popular Mechanics, 2 June 2020
• At l’Accademia, the vaulted hall glowed with gold leaf.
  — Carina Del Valle Schorske, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2022
• That’s the gold leaf for the chocolate cake and a glaze and freeze-dried fruit for the other two.
  — Mackenzie Chung Fegan, Bon Appétit, 28 Dec. 2020
• Clouds of gold leaf glint on thin trunks tinted with the palest green.
  — Dan Cryer, San Francisco Chronicle, 5 Apr. 2018
• The last bite of the meal was a black bonbon, a drop of night on the white plate, with a flick of gold leaf to catch the light.
  — Ligaya Mishan Esther Choi, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2022
• The specs of gold leaf are positioned at the end of the corn dog, meant to look like mustard.
  — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 19 Sep. 2020
• In a subtly chic choice, the har gow, or shrimp dumplings, are topped with a dab of black caviar and gold leaf.
  — Sarah Blaskovich, Dallas News, 11 Aug. 2023
• Not gold leaf, not dry ice, not 50 shades of slider buns, not 50 Cent.
  — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Aug. 2022
• Sometimes the gold leaf falls off the ceiling and onto my steak.
  — Devra First, BostonGlobe.com, 25 June 2018
• 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
• King and queen rode in the Gold State Coach, which is covered from wheel spoke to carriage top in gold leaf.
  — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 6 May 2023
• The iron balustrades are trimmed with gold leaf and the sconces lighting the steps are circa 17th century.
  — Dallas News, 28 Mar. 2021
• Each one-inch tesserae is made by hand and has a piece of 24-karat gold leaf baked inside.
  — Chris Nichols, Los Angeles Magazine, 5 Apr. 2018
• The house pool was designed by Christian Lacroix and is covered in gold leaf.
  — Everett Potter, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
• As with most items, imposters are also found in gold leaf.
  — Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 20 May 2021
• Draw a design on an egg with a pencil and gold leaf glue, then apply a sheet of gold leaf over the glue.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 18 Mar. 2024
• This dark timber was used for the bookcase, along with aged brass and gold leaf backings.
  — Helena Madden, Robb Report, 5 May 2021
• But so is everything else at the Rivoli Bar in the Ritz, which with its gold leaf and reliefs of naked ladies is where the 1980s went to die.
  — The Economist, 31 Oct. 2019
• The decanter, enamored with gold leaf, is made in part from 18 carat gold.
  — Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 24 June 2021
• The stars are produced by laser-beam micro-milling and gilded with 24-carat gold leaf.
  — Cait Bazemore, Robb Report, 8 Apr. 2024
• Applying the crystals, glitter and gold leaf to nails can take two to four hours.
  — Sarah Hauer, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2018
• The theme is a head-scratcher: who thinks of Klimt, with his gold leaf and gorgeous women, as a painter of nature?
  — Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
• Not to mention a ballroom with 20-foot ceilings featuring crown moldings, complete with gold leaf detail.
  — Claudia Williams, Architectural Digest, 25 June 2024
• Related Articles The look was also enigmatic at Undercover, where different colors of lace or gold leaf covered the upper part of faces, and some models’ heads were adorned with golden, spikey crowns.
  — Jennifer Weil, WWD, 25 June 2024

Last Updated: 9 Sep 2024