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Recent Examples of metallic
What makes the product special, however, is the metallic, earthy top coat.
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Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 14 July 2025
The double-sided stick—one metallic and the other foil—is attached by a magnetic base to mix-and-match pearlescent, sheer foils with full coverage, dimensional metallics.
—India Espy-Jones, Essence, 11 July 2025
The maximalist designer incorporates dazzling lighting, bold prints, and plenty of metallic accents into his residential designs and his commercial projects, which include local hotspots The Savoy and Queen Miami Beach.
—Dan Howarth, Architectural Digest, 7 July 2025
And then, Michael Bay showed up in 2007 and turned the nifty shapeshifters into screeching metallic war machines who died violent digital deaths and rained sparks and destruction upon cities — for seven movies and counting.
—Marc Snetiker, EW.com, 8 July 2025
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Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 14 July 2025
The double-sided stick—one metallic and the other foil—is attached by a magnetic base to mix-and-match pearlescent, sheer foils with full coverage, dimensional metallics.
—India Espy-Jones, Essence, 11 July 2025
The maximalist designer incorporates dazzling lighting, bold prints, and plenty of metallic accents into his residential designs and his commercial projects, which include local hotspots The Savoy and Queen Miami Beach.
—Dan Howarth, Architectural Digest, 7 July 2025
And then, Michael Bay showed up in 2007 and turned the nifty shapeshifters into screeching metallic war machines who died violent digital deaths and rained sparks and destruction upon cities — for seven movies and counting.
—Marc Snetiker, EW.com, 8 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for metallic
Adjective
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The orchestration is a touch grotesque, with the first violins given a shrill D two octaves above middle C.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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Still, the shrill alarm that echoed on Friday morning as Israel announced airstrikes on neighboring Iran gave her that familiar feeling.—
Isabel Rivera,
Miami Herald,
15 June 2025
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In the first piece, Belcher takes a strident approach, with deep feeling and flow.—
Sheila Regan,
Twin Cities,
11 July 2025
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As the technology and its outputs become ubiquitous, AI executives have grown strident, even brazen, about the technology’s stakes.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
8 July 2025
Adjective
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Colbert also announced the cancellation to his own audience on Thursday's episode of The Late Show, which was greeted with a raucous round of booing.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
18 July 2025
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The course last hosted The Open in 2019, when Shane Lowry triumphed in front of a raucous home crowd.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 July 2025
Adjective
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The outside world seems to be growing only more dissonant and chaotic.—
Faith Hill,
The Atlantic,
2 June 2025
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If not, a show that has now been in decline for half its run risks devolving into a mess as self-indulgent, morose, and, well, dissonant as its title character.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
26 June 2025
Adjective
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Joe Biden's live debate performance was marked by stumbling, meandering answers and a quiet, raspy voice that took viewers by surprise and immediately raised questions about Biden's fitness to serve another term.—
Erin Doherty,
CNBC,
21 July 2025
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Miley Cyrus has revealed that a vocal cord disorder called Reinke's edema is behind her signature, raspy voice.—
Audrey Gibbs,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
Adjective
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On the set of the new Prime Video series back in March, the juxtaposition is jarring.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
15 July 2025
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While there's no explicit bloodshed, but the scene is definitely jarring.—
DeVonne Goode,
Parents,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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Finding the perfect coffee maker has been a perpetual and grating search for me.—
Julia Harrison,
Architectural Digest,
9 July 2025
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The Miz, often derided as a wrestler for his flamboyant and grating onscreen personality, is few people’s idea of a WrestleMania main-event talent, so his win makes the 27th event stand out as kind of an oddity.—
Daniel Dockery,
Vulture,
21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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These creatures can be very noisy, but there's a purpose.—
Marley Malenfant,
Austin American Statesman,
22 July 2025
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There are also elements that people tend to notice only when things go wrong, like if a restaurant is too noisy.—
Sofia Perez,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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“Metallic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/metallic. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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