I almost didn't but this issue, as the lustre is gone. From Wordnik.com. [Straight for the art | Mark Waid on the perfect cover | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment] Reference
It is the Nobel Prize that gains lustre from the recipient. From Wordnik.com. [Nobel Prize in Literature 1971 - Presentation Speech] Reference
Juan expurgated, and yet displaying a galaxy of connected lustre, which is well calculated to throw a halo of splendour round the memory of Lord Byron. From Wordnik.com. [Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone Made During the Year 1819] Reference
A pearly lustre, which is intimately united to the surface of the rocks. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle] Reference
Two very remarkable men have at different periods conferred a kind of lustre upon Bangor by residing in it, Taliesin in the old, and Edmund. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Wales : Its People, Language and Scenery] Reference
Its lustre is caught from affection. From Wordnik.com. [Verse Memorials.] Reference
No great writer gains lustre from a Nobel. From Wordnik.com. [Nobel Prize in Literature 1971 - Presentation Speech] Reference
What is the difference between light and the lustre which is seen on the polished surface of opaque bodies?. From Wordnik.com. [The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci — Complete] Reference
At that moment, Prue entered with a brightly shining old brown "lustre" teapot, and a couple of boiled eggs. From Wordnik.com. [The Treasure of Heaven A Romance of Riches] Reference
Their pretty mottled plumage is destitute of the lustre which is observed in the feathers of the birds of day. From Wordnik.com. [The Western World Picturesque Sketches of Nature and Natural History in North and South America] Reference
We entered an immense hall, lighted by the same kind of lustre as in the scene without, but diffusing a fragrant odour. From Wordnik.com. [The Coming Race] Reference
The beauty of novelty is to love as the flower to the fruit; it lends a lustre which is easily lost, but which never returns. From Wordnik.com. [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims] Reference
The prettily-mottled plumage of the goat-sucker, like that of the owl, wants the lustre which is observed in the feathers of the birds of day. From Wordnik.com. [Wanderings in South America] Reference
Words such as "lustre" and "glowing" leave us in no doubt of the subject's beauty, but at the same time her character is pervaded by darkness and mystery. From Wordnik.com. [Culture | guardian.co.uk] Reference
Better for its bath, though not yet up to its former lustre. From Wordnik.com. [The Hero of Garside School] Reference
This gives an excellent lustre to linen or muslin, and imparts. From Wordnik.com. [One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed] Reference
I took a piece in my teeth, and the metallic lustre was perfect. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
If it lacks lustre or appears dull, this may indicate an inflammation. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
This will prevent the sinking of the colours, and give them additional lustre. From Wordnik.com. [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference
The moon shines during the night; but its lustre fades when the day approaches. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
First is Park Ji-sung, who had poor World Cup and seems to have lost some of his lustre. From Wordnik.com. [Antonio Valencia's injury leaves Manchester United lacking options] Reference
But there were eras and countries, in which that spirit appeared with particular lustre. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World] Reference
In periodic ophthalmia in horses the iris loses its lustre and becomes a rusty-brown color. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
The color of the iris appears to have lost its lustre, and the aqueous humor and lens may be cloudy. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
You can produce on a piece of wood, a scrap of paper or a potato, a lustre equal to a burnished mirror. From Wordnik.com. [One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed] Reference
Reine bit her lip, and her paleness increased so as to set off still more the fervid lustre of her eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
The dayspring will glint its glory over thy pathway, and the lustre of morning will bathe thee in heaven. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
The dreamy look was in his lack-lustre, weak eyes again, and his soft voice was more than usually indistinct. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
The soft eyes were filled with a far-away lustre, as if she saw visions of the future which none else could see. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
A few moments 'rubbing will develop a surprising lustre, different from the polish produced by any other substance. From Wordnik.com. [One Thousand Secrets of Wise and Rich Men Revealed] Reference
And, what adds lustre to of their charms, is that uncommon modesty which appears in every look and in every action. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World] Reference
But one perfection of colour they almost all of them had, that agreeability, that gem-like lustre and richness, which. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 62, Number 385. November, 1847.] Reference
Purvis sat on the little cretonne-covered box beside the empty fireplace, and looked with lack-lustre eyes into space. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
Then again, it seems as though the paper's readership is becoming aware of its lack-lustre content and deserting in droves. From Wordnik.com. [Sunday Express runs advertorial 'news story'] Reference
A dark and murky cave could as well throw out a cheerful lustre, as a surly person communicate happiness to those around him. From Wordnik.com. [Sketches of the Fair Sex, in All Parts of the World] Reference
When we met — as was fated by the stars! — our eyes locked in a look that lent lustre to my previously lackluster life. From Wordnik.com. [The Bodice-Ripper Free School Zone Act] Reference
It removes the defects existing in them, increasing their lustre and durability, and gives the surface a most brilliant appearance. From Wordnik.com. [Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets] Reference
When thoroughly dry, the ferns may be coloured with oil paint thinned with turps and varnish, sufficient to give lustre without shininess. From Wordnik.com. [Practical Taxidermy A manual of instruction to the amateur in collecting, preserving, and setting up natural history specimens of all kinds. To which is added a chapter upon the pictorial arrangement of museums. With additional instructions in modelling and artistic taxidermy.] Reference
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