Sentence examples for casting a sheen on from inspiring English sources

It might have been a trick of the gloomy lighting of Werner Herzog's production of "I Due Foscari," but at the opening-night performance two spotlights trained on the conductor's stand seemed at times to illuminate Mr. Muti more than anybody else, casting a sheen on his jet-black mane.

It cast a dismal sheen on the protests which, at this time yesterday, had seemed almost triumphant.

In the second half, the stadium lights cast a white sheen on the field, as if it were covered in ice.

Although Internet giant Amazon.com is not a party to the case — the company now collects sales tax in all 45 states that have one, as well as the District — President Trump's recent criticism of the company's founder, Jeffrey P. Bezos, has cast a political sheen on the issue.

Meanwhile, the reelection campaign of President Barack Obama sought to cast a populist sheen on its glitzy fundraisers by raffling off tickets to events hosted by the likes of Vogue editor Anna Wintour and actor George Clooney.

The Baltimore four-piece's lead songwriter and guitar-playing vocalist, Jana Hunter, mines her pop-loving past on this third album, casting a glacial sheen over songs about longing, depression and love.

Waxed fabric has a sheen on one of its sides.

After her parents' marriage collapsed when Ms. Cook was 6, her mother insisted she and Barbara share a bed well into the future singer's teens, casting a smothering Southern Gothic sheen on an already tormented upbringing.

A sheen on fabrics gave the familiar a new dimension.

A sheen on eyelids reflects light; keeping that sheen neutral makes them appear otherworldly rather than tacky.

Cheney makes a beaver-hair brush that's solely for putting a sheen on chocolate.