Example sentences for: gilded

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

  • The 32 gilded pillars supporting the coffered ceiling were fashioned from a huge tree that took more than five years to ship here from southwest China.

  • Andrew Carnegie's libraries embodied the democratic confidence of the Gilded Age.

  • The promise of its twin belltowers and stately façade is matched by a beautiful gilded interior, but the greatest attraction is the macabre Capela dos Ossos (Chapel of Bones).

  • Dionne predicts that the economic boom of the '90s will lead to a period of social reform, much as the Gilded Age of the late 19th century led to the Progressive Era.

  • And the Wall Street Journal , returning to the perils of day trading, begins a Page 1 leader with the tale of Barbara Harkness, a retired anthropology professor, who "was seduced by the new Gilded Age."


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