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Every actor to incarnate Poirot has played him differently: Tony Randall’s screwball, Albert Finney’s brilliantined grouch and Peter Ustinov’s avuncular windbag made the Belgian a figure of fun.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2022

Sonali showed us a photograph of herself and her husband; a young man with brilliantined hair and a maroon shirt that was too big for him.

From The Guardian • Apr. 28, 2016

Early each morning Father Randall, with his brilliantined beard and his hearty manner, took Louise to the stables to feed sugar to the horses while they were being curried.

From Time Magazine Archive

Peronism promised more than any government could deliver, but the brilliantined charisma of the general and his wife Eva dazzled the country.

From Time Magazine Archive

His brilliantined head gleamed like a bowling ball.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen