lustre

How To Use lustre In A Sentence

• We easily see the united lustre of them, though the light of no one of the single stars could have affected the unassisted eye.
• Orange is the perfect antidote when a garden looks lacklustre. Times, Sunday Times
• I found myself in a salon with a very well-painted, highly varnished floor; chairs and sofas covered with white draperies, a green porcelain stove, walls hung with pictures in gilt frames, a gilt pendule and other ornaments on the mantelpiece, a large lustre pendent from the centre of the ceiling, mirrors, consoles, muslin curtains, and a handsome centre table completed the inventory of furniture. The Professor, by Charlotte Bronte
• Võibolla on siin süüdi see, et alustasin ulmega lähemat tutvumist Seiklusjuttude sarjast mille raamatud olid alati kobedalt illustreeritud aga minuarust annavad head illustratsioonid ulmekale väga palju juurde. Hyperion Cantos – kanoonilised kaaned
• Post-Civil-War America therefore seemed to exhibit the worst kind of small-minded, lacklustre parochialism, but it had coupled it with a loutish popularism.
• The dancing of the principal ballerina added lustre to an otherwise unimpressive production of 'Giselle'.
• Expect some shrill recorded sound and lacklustre orchestral playing. Times, Sunday Times
• Its stock market performance has been lacklustre and investors are being advised to stay away until full-year results are revealed next month.
• Certainly, Theotimus, beauty is without effect, unprofitable and dead, if light and splendour do not make it lively and effective, whence we term colours lively when they have light and lustre. Treatise on the Love of God
• Where the rock contains mineral grains it may be possible to determine the hardness, lustre and streak of the minerals.