How to Use pewter in a Sentence

pewter

noun
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  • Put on the pewter lid when you’re done, and your ice cream stays cold for hours.
    — Time, 23 June 2023
  • The monarch stood out in bright pink against Kate's cloudy pewter palette.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 Jan. 2020
  • The wealthy ate their food off pewter, an alloy with a high lead content.
    — Francesco Lastrucci, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Feb. 2021
  • The Bucs should start by ditching the pewter (for silver or black) and bring more of the orange into the mix.
    — Andrew Joseph, For The Win, 19 Apr. 2018
  • The muted colors in the background—the pewter sky, the drab pastel walls, the dead white of the bus—seem to sympathize.
    — Rafał Milach, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Flat and mysterious, the ocean was the color of pewter.
    — Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2020
  • There are two color options for the base of the candles: pewter and antique bronze.
    — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2023
  • There was chrome trim up front with fake wood on the dash and smoked pewter-look trim on the center stack and center air vents.
    — Mark Savage, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2017
  • The hull looked pewter at cocktail hour and almost white later that night.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 15 May 2024
  • The mules are available in eight colors, including tea and pewter, and in sizes 5–12.
    — Monica Bell, Peoplemag, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Submerge your pewter item in the white vinegar for 15 minutes.
    — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 1 July 2024
  • After the Glazers bought the team, the Bucs switched to the pewter-and-red scheme with a crossed-swords emblem for the 1997 season, looking for a karmic change.
    — Conor Orr, SI.com, 28 June 2019
  • Some were antiques made from pewter and lead and others were formed from erasers, guitar picks and beeswax.
    — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 3 Dec. 2021
  • The rich, satiny gold, bronze, and pewter shadows that rimmed his lash lines glimmered whenever the light hit his eyes.
    — Devon Abelman, Allure, 15 Mar. 2019
  • By the Middle Ages, long before Johnson’s time, certain inns used pewter for mugs to keep beer and ale cold.
    — Time, 23 June 2023
  • Save gold’s warm hues for summer’s sandy shores and step into the future this fall with gunmetal, pewter and sparkling foils.
    — Kevin Huynh, WSJ, 24 Aug. 2022
  • Guestrooms are sleek, polished and washed in deep ocean blue tones with pewter and wood finishes.
    — Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
  • Don’t put in sharp knives, brass, bronze, cast-iron, pewter, silver, wood, fine china or anything with gold leaf.
    — oregonlive, 23 Mar. 2021
  • The fact of the matter is that European aristocrats ate off of pewter plates, which had a high lead content.
    — Farideh Sadeghin, Saveur, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The dark stain of the wood as well as the slate gray bedding and pewter decor make this room sophisticated, sleek, and calming all at once.
    — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 29 July 2022
  • Designed by Los Angeles artists, the pewter curios sell for $20 each on the website hingeheads.com.
    — Susan Christian Goulding, Orange County Register, 13 Jan. 2017
  • Fill Julep cup, preferably silver or pewter, or other glass, with crushed ice.
    — Elizabeth Karmel, Forbes, 20 May 2022
  • Spiraling pewter inserts in the kitchen’s travertine floor match the pewter drawer pulls.
    — Jeastman, oregonlive, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Early ice cream molds were made from pewter and used by caterers for special occasions in the home.
    — Brenda Yenke, cleveland, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Take your pick of nine colors, including taupe, pewter, silver, and smokey blue.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Sep. 2023
  • Offered in brass/black and pewter/dark stone, this classic has a turn-lock closure and polished pebble leather.
    — Brittany Romano, Glamour, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Its Boss Hog rye is a forceful, 14-year-old spirit in a handsome bottle with a pewter stopper.
    — Florence Fabricant, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2017
  • Columns of light pierced its jagged crevasses, bathing the walls in supernatural shades of jade and pewter.
    — Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Nov. 2021
  • Matt suggests avoiding adding pewter items to the dishwasher because the heat could darken or discolor the pewter.
    — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 1 July 2024
  • But Martin’s style is not always gentle: Other ingredients include barbed wire and a model handgun cast in pewter.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 12 July 2024

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