filigree
noun
delicate ornamental work of fine silver, gold, or other metal wires, especially lacy jewelers' work of scrolls and arabesques.
filigrees
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present tense formof filigree (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Jisoo’s singing is as rich and austere as ever, and Jennie’s rapping is flexible and dotted with clever little filigrees.
From New York Times ● Sep. 22, 2022
The delicate items include Lucrezia Beerli-Bieler’s intricately cut filigrees, Kate Norris’s collages of wallpaper motifs and Ashley Chiang’s quilled mandala.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 14, 2020
Her impassioned filigrees invited empathic responses from the choir, and found stalwart support from the event’s MC, the Rev James Cleveland.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 8, 2019
The piano plays filigrees, occupying another musical realm.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2017
Lichens splotch the stone; leached minerals have left filigrees of stains.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
