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Example sentences for: patina

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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.
Critics like this movie better than Chow's last film and say it has "a stylish patina that puts it a cut above much of the competition" (Stephen Holden, the New York Times ). But the story, an exploration of the line between everyday palm-greasing and real treachery, does not capture everyone's imagination.
, have far more of a patina of sophistication than any New York suburb.
The newly produced goods have a bright patina that mellows with use, and some of the older pieces are exceptionally beautiful.
Older pieces have the patina of age where new pieces — usually made on site — are bright and shiny.