Sentence examples for given a gloss from inspiring English sources

The 19th century saw anti-Judaic feeling given a gloss of pseudo-science, with the birth of modern racialised antisemitism.

By the late 1960s the new reality was given a gloss of history, with Golda Meir, Israel's prime minister, pronouncing in 1969 that there had never been a "Palestinian people in Palestine considering itself as a Palestinian people".

Yet the truth is that the middle order was unable to accelerate and the final total was only given a gloss of respect by the frantic, last-minute hitting of Pollock (32) and Andrew Hall (22 not out) which yielded 57 runs from the final five overs.

This will give a gloss but won't be as slippery.

Bryan Rawlins, a county councillor for St Austell, said: "I believe attractions like the Eden Project give a gloss to the image of Cornwall but do not contribute to understanding of the place.

I have to admit, when I first saw the film when it came out, I found the arbitrariness of this transfer a bit annoying – all my admiration for Kieślowski had been invested in his harder, Polish cinema, and this convoluted fable seemed to attempt to give a gloss to a rather obvious move to a land of plenty and safety.

I gave a gloss on my plan.

Incomprehensible early English lyrics are given a helpful gloss, while chart-pop songwriters are praised exuberantly.

The composer was, despite his universal appeal, a nineteenth-century artist, and his works cannot be given a contemporary gloss.

The three recently renovated cottages, with air-conditioning and full kitchens, have been given a country gloss.

But even the musically bland selections are given a fresh gloss by the specific details of experience embedded in Mr. Miranda's lyrics.