Example sentences for: gilded

How can you use “gilded” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • It’s believed that both the 14th-century gilded orb and the 16th-century sword are replacements of the original regalia that was lost.

  • 3 m (37 ft) high, its columns, beams, and cornices are carved with a menagerie of dragons, phoenixes, lions, and tigers in a field of clouds, peonies, Chinese sages, and angels, all gilded and painted in red, gold, blue, and green.

  • There is a soft glow in the gilded interior from the mosaics, gently illuminated by high stained-glass windows, more evocative yet with the worn patina of the elaborate inlaid-marble flooring.

  • On top sits a gilded mandarin under a sunshade, while more statues surround the base.

  • In the Gilded Age, as immigrants and migrants flooded the cities, public elementary schools proliferated.


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