Examples of patinate in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The zinc countertop is nonporous, naturally antibacterial, and will patinate in time. — Victoria Hagan And David Colman, House Beautiful, 22 Sep. 2021 The color scheme was muted with rich woods, deep greens, and patinated silvers. — Jesse Sparks, Bon Appétit, 6 Nov. 2019 Far above the statue, which is a dark patinated bronze, a white woman on a white horse rode through a sunlit landscape in a perfume ad for Lancome. — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2019 Masterpieces are dotted across the lawn: There is a massive and rustily patinated 180-ton Richard Serra sculpture, Sidewinder, anchoring the front yard, its two curving steel walls shadowing each other. — Ted Loos, WSJ, 24 May 2018 Daigle has a face like an oilskin raincoat, patinated from life on the land moonlighting for mining companies—chasing other people’s dreams. — Genesee Keevil, Popular Mechanics, 17 May 2018 Whealon layers items from different periods and cultures, artfully mixing the pristine and the patinated. — Devin Alessio, ELLE Decor, 23 May 2016 Porto itself, in all its patinated, out-of-time beauty, may effectively be the third star of this fractured two-hander, but the film is no gilded travelogue. — Guy Lodge, chicagotribune.com, 11 Jan. 2018 Space Copenhagen’s roomy oak lounge chair has an airy, not bulky, presence thanks to its spindle back and slender, patinated-brass arm rails. — Sarah Medford, WSJ, 28 Sep. 2017 See More

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