gild
verb (used with object)
to coat with gold, gold leaf, or a gold-colored substance.
is gilding
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present progressiveof gild (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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But watching a despondent Lucy walking through the rain following an unpleasant discovery is gilding the lily.
From Salon ● Dec. 22, 2021
What is that open window, garnished with flowers, that room hung with rose, and at the back those white curtains which the morning sun is gilding?
From The Grip of Desire by Hector France
Now will I tell thee of another not less wretched, the clouds of whose sorrow the setting sun is gilding.
From The Lost Hunter A Tale of Early Times by John Turvill Adams
March's great room is gilding, and when finished he is to give a dinner to Lady Sarah, and a concert to a great many more.
From George Selwyn: His Letters and His Life by E. S. Roscoe
In no country of the world is gilding and plating with gold so lavishly employed on the exterior of buildings.
From Hinduism and Buddhism, An Historical Sketch, Vol. 3 by Sir Charles Eliot
