Examples of chrome in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Child transformed Megan’s stunning dress into the focal point of the look with a dramatic, bold, and fascinating chrome eye. — Emerald Elitou, Essence, 3 May 2022 No Wipe+ Top Coat and CND Over the Top Effects in Pearl Obsession, the chrome look was achieved. — Jennet Jusu, Allure, 26 Apr. 2022 During testing, the chair received a 4/5 score for its design, with testers noting the stylish chrome finishes throughout. — Jamie Weissman, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Apr. 2022 This is simply a beautiful luxury sedan, with the dark chrome grille, more aggressive rocker panels and 20-inch wheels merely enhancing the G80’s sleek body. — Karl Brauer, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2021 Eggplant, which is a purple-black; then there’s Sauté, which is this shimmery silver-chrome color. — Jai Lennard, WSJ, 25 Apr. 2022 The possible suspect vehicle had tinted windows, stock chrome rims, a stainless steel muffler and minor damage to the front left of the car. — Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic, 25 Apr. 2022 The chrome material used in this home designed by Heather Hilliard reflects the stairwell in every direction, giving it a wild infinity effect. — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 14 Apr. 2022 The ceiling was four stories high with plenty of room to display a full-sized dinosaur replication made of resin and sprayed in chrome. — Margie Goldsmith, Forbes, 13 Apr. 2022 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb Tundra Capstones are only available in a crew-cab configuration with a 5.5-foot bed and chrome 22-inch wheels are standard. — Connor Hoffman, Car and Driver, 3 Feb. 2022 The Project Maybach's front end features striking circular headlights and chrome vertical grille trim pieces under a glowing full-width light bar. — Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 1 Dec. 2021 An extensive restoration was undertaken in 1968, and the car was finally handed down to the owner’s children in 2016, who commissioned a repaint in black, with accents that include copper brake drums and chrome accessories. — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 2 Aug. 2021 The Tracker red and chrome 'Chopper' style bicycle is up for auction through East Bristol Auctions, and is expected to sell for between £20,000 and £30,000. — Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country, 14 July 2021 The new Lariat sport appearance package matches the Lariat model's bumpers, mirrors, and grille with the exterior color and equips chrome exhaust tips and black running boards. — Connor Hoffman, Car and Driver, 8 Mar. 2021 After all, the two GT trims already share a distinct mesh grille design, chrome dual exhaust tips, and a unique flat-bottom steering wheel. — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 30 June 2020 Red-carpet moment: Zendaya in a fuchsia Tom Ford chromed breastplate with matching jersey evening skirt at the Critics’ Choice Awards in January. — Ray A. Smith, WSJ, 22 Jan. 2020 The team is planning to wear maroon pants, jerseys and chrome gold helmets. — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 7 Nov. 2019 See More

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History and Etymology for chrome

Noun

borrowed from French chrôme, borrowed from Greek chrôma "color" — more at -chrome

Note: Name introduced by the French chemist Louis Nicolas Vauquelin (1763-1829) in "Du plomb rouge de Sibérie, et expériences sur le nouveau métal qu'il contient," Journal des mines, Messidor, An V [vol. 6, June-July, 1797], pp. 737-60. Vauquelin notes that a word meaning "color"—originally suggested to him by the mineralogist René-Just Haüy—is fitting for the metal not because it has a distinctive color itself, but because the combinations into which it enters with oxygen (as a green oxide and red acid) are remarkable for their colors.

Verb

Noun combining form or adjective combining form

borrowed from Greek -chrōmos "having a color (of the kind specified by the initial element)," adjective derivative of chrōmat-, chrôma "skin, complexion, color," from chrō- (the base of an s-stem *chrowos-, whence chrṓs "surface of the body, skin, flesh, complexion, color," of obscure origin) + -ma, resultative noun suffix

Note: The form *chrowos- is reconstructed on the basis of Mycenaean a-ko-ro-we-e "without spots" (or "of one color"). While chrṓs can be contracted directly from a nominative *chrowṓs, the Homeric accusative chróa, genitive chroós assume *chrowós-a, *chrowos-ós, with hyphaeresis of the second vowel of the stem.

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