English example sentences with "gild"

Who would gild a lily?
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One can never gild shit so it does not smell.
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Nine pounds of gold was needed to gild the victory medals.
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Perceiving that the general effect was gloomy,—so that the airy castle looked like a feudal fortress, or a monastery of the Middle Ages, or a state prison of our own times, rather than the home of pleasure and repose which he intended it to be,—the owner, regardless of expense, resolved to gild the exterior from top to bottom.
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No, don't add another lamp. This room is already well lit; there's no need to gild the lily.
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The Ortolan is served on Versache plates with custom silk placemats, and finished with gold leaf, just to gild the lily.
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To gild the lily, Dan added another four superlatives to the speaker's introduction.
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