How to Use gloss in a Sentence

gloss

1 of 2 noun
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  • But truth be told, the town doesn’t need movie stars to add gloss.
    — Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2023
  • Even though bright lips are back, a nude gloss is my kind of vibe.
    — Kaitlyn Frey, PEOPLE.com, 21 June 2021
  • Next, apply a coat of clear gloss on top to seal in your look.
    — Rachel Burchfield, harpersbazaar.com, 10 June 2023
  • Yes, when the painter set out to paint the paneled room that had been in the house since 1976 with a high gloss finish.
    — Allison Duncan, House Beautiful, 11 May 2023
  • Once applied the mask has a bit of a sheen and makes your lips glow almost like a light gloss.
    — Madison Yauger, Peoplemag, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Amp up gloss with an oil treatment or at-home hair glaze.
    — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Lip Gloss: 1 Year As far as lip products go, gloss has the shortest shelf life.
    — Katherine Bernard, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2023
  • The comfortable texture feels more like a lip balm than a gloss.
    — Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 5 Sep. 2023
  • What could be more glamorous than a gloss black sink or a ruby red loo?
    — Jermaine Gallacher, Vogue, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Lopez's brows are full and lush, and her lips have been lined with a pale brown and filled in with her signature peachy gloss.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 18 Oct. 2023
  • More overpriced bars, and the neighborhood has been polished to a high gloss.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 24 May 2022
  • Chrome trim, a black soft top and gloss black 21-inch wheels with matching calipers were chosen to highlight the richness of the hue.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Ahead, some of the glossy balms, glosses, and oils that Allure editors love to have on their lips.
    — Annie Blay, Allure, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Kate allegedly did not want her gloss on Meghan’s raw lips.
    — Vulture, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Warhol even copied the light and shadow on Prince’s lips, which owe their pattern to the gloss that Goldsmith asked Prince to apply.
    — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 29 Mar. 2022
  • In the 15-second clip, the Grammy winner holds a tube of the brand’s Duck Plump gloss and looks at it dubiously.
    — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The in-salon cost for a gloss typically starts at around £50.
    — Megan Decker, refinery29.com, 2 May 2023
  • The hull will be crafted from green epoxy composites and finished in high gloss paint that shines bright like a sword.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Buffing is the finishing step of shining to a high gloss and bringing out the luster of the finish.
    — Jack Keebler, Car and Driver, 6 May 2022
  • Spoonfuls of port wine reduction give the dish gloss and sweetness.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 17 May 2023
  • Together, Oprah and Markle stripped the royal wedding of its gloss.
    — Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2021
  • With its non-sticky feel and the healing benefits of hyaluronic acid, this lip oil and gloss combo is worth the price.
    — Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Turns out Mergner needed just a gallon of black paint – a thick-as-honey gloss used to paint boats – for the 10-by-10 foot steel arch and posts.
    — The Enquirer, 10 Dec. 2022
  • This gloss hydrates and gives lips that coveted full look.
    — Hyphensocial Contributors, Rolling Stone, 21 Feb. 2024
  • Black toes, dark liner and pink gloss tied it all together.
    — Essence Beauty Editors, Essence, 30 Oct. 2023
  • This is Boehm’s gloss on the familiar projection that the program’s trust fund will run out some time in the middle of that decade.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 24 Nov. 2023
  • This iteration feels like an actual oil but still gives you the look of a gloss.
    — Lindsey Metrus, Peoplemag, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Choose the right type of paint for a kitchen—paints with a higher gloss or sheen (like egg-shell, semi-gloss, or gloss) are easier to wipe clean.
    — Grace Haynes, Southern Living, 2 Aug. 2023
  • If your hair is already prone to breakage, the gloss also purports to treat damage, too.
    — Annie Blackman, Allure, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The smooth, creamy texture is easy to reapply in the bathroom while at a beauty dinner, or to shade in the lips underneath a clear gloss.
    — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 25 Oct. 2023
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gloss

2 of 2 verb
  • The colors and textures of the clothes seemed to glow like hair glossed with ancient oils.
    — Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 Mar. 2023
  • As for glam, Teigen slicked back her hair in a middle part, opted for a light makeup look and glossed up her lips.
    — Zizi Strater, Peoplemag, 10 May 2023
  • The best way to maintain red hair color is to gloss the hair in between color appointments.
    — Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 9 May 2022
  • Emphasize the tremendous wins that have come out of motherhood rather than trying to gloss over the time away from work.
    — New York Times, 17 Feb. 2022
  • Kerley’s health, though, isn’t a factor worth glossing over.
    — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Some eagle-eyed fans called out the family on social media for trying to gloss over the tragedy.
    — Ariana Garcia, Chron, 16 June 2022
  • Grapefruit juice glossed with hazelnut oil, the clear puddle on the plate, is another slick to applaud.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Leather Luster Add an element of shine or gloss—via a pair of trousers—to two of spring’s essential items: a blazer and pumps.
    — Madeline Fass, Vogue, 7 Mar. 2023
  • The two worlds can seem like an awkward fit, as no one wants to promote or even gloss over the effects of driving under the influence.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 22 Aug. 2022
  • Democrats charged that McCarthy was refusing to take yes for an answer and trying to gloss over the events of January 6.
    — Lauren Fox, Jeremy Herb and Manu Raju, CNN, 18 May 2021
  • Even so, once at cruising speed in the Model T, objects that our brains would normally gloss over seemed to loom larger out in front of us.
    — Jack Fitzgerald, Car and Driver, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Don’t overlook a sleeper of Bloomsdale spinach lolling in roasted garlic broth and glossed with brown butter.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 25 May 2023
  • The tone is urgent, and hortatory, partly because the document doesn’t try to gloss over the challenges.
    — Curbed, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Her decision is a poignant nod to climate change, but it could also be glossed as a salvo against a controlling parent.
    — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 31 July 2023
  • The collision of the two laid bare many Republicans’ attempts to gloss over the riots, as well as the way some who had seized on the lies that fueled the violence are now poised to gain more power.
    — Jess Bidgood, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Jan. 2023
  • The theme is carried over to the elegant interior, which pairs gloss black accents with copper and stainless steel.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 22 Sep. 2022
  • While some people gloss over minor details, Virgos pay attention to even the smallest ones.
    — Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Make space on the table for a straightforward tostada mixta glossed with garlicky salsa negra.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2023
  • Being real about mistakes is tough, but the spirit of the event won’t really get off the ground if everyone’s trying to gloss over their experiences, Montague says.
    — Maggie O'Neill, SELF, 26 Oct. 2022
  • The annual inflation adjustment to tax brackets is something many of us can easily gloss over.
    — Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 3 Feb. 2023
  • This film is coming out at a time when there's a lot of debate on how to educate future generations about this period of our history — with some preferring to gloss over it.
    — Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Rather than gloss over the intricacies of womanhood, Okay Kaya states them plainly and colloquially.
    — Harper's BAZAAR, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Complementing the dark elegance of her dress is her makeup look: classic minimal eyeliner and a dramatic red lip; her hair, currently a dark blonde, blown out and glossed to within an inch of its life.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Often, with celebrity documentaries, the film’s subject will have final say in what does or does not make it into the movie’s final cut, leading to projects that perhaps gloss over more complicated components of a person’s life.
    — Hilton Dresden, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2023
  • The network of co-signs is not one to gloss over lightly but as an indicator of the widespread popularity of her sound amongst a global audience and a crossover formula, seemingly in good standing.
    — Walaa Elsiddig, Billboard, 13 July 2022
  • Trying to gloss over leadership gaps without accurately identifying the procuring causes will only cause greater problems down the road.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 18 May 2021
  • However much the Kremlin tried to gloss it over, the average Soviet citizen understood that the Afghanistan intervention had been a costly fiasco.
    — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Car makers, whose profits from gas-guzzling vehicles pay for their adventures in electric cars, were given a boost by U.S. subsidies that gloss over an inconvenient fact: 79% of U.S. electricity still comes from fossil fuels.
    — Jon Pepper, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Smith glosses this transition as a natural shedding of youthful enthusiasms.
    — Aaron Timms, The New Republic, 18 Apr. 2023
  • The colors and textures of the clothes seemed to glow like hair glossed with ancient oils.
    — Rachel Tashjian, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 Mar. 2023

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