sheen
noun
luster; brightness; radiance.
Example Sentences
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In the salons I went to as a child, I remember men peddling bootlegged movies and fashions to the clients with their hair wrapped or freshly sheened as they dug for cash in their purses.
From New York Times ● Nov. 13, 2023
Sparkling catsuits sheened like the shiny slug trails left in the forest at dawn.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 4, 2021
And that would force us to confront our bodies as they really are; not the buffed, sheened perfection of youth, but the bumps, wrinkles and dry patches of middle age.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 20, 2019
Def Leppard sold tons of records, back when musicians used to do that, with a heavy metal sound sheened to pop perfection on songs like “Photograph” and “Pour Some Sugar on Me.”
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2019
The train rolled past scrap and recycling yards, men and women’s backs sheened mirror bright with sweat as they stacked hand carts with purchased scrap and moved it to weighing platforms for sale.
From "Ship Breaker" by Paolo Bacigalupi
