How to Use bronze in a Sentence

bronze

1 of 2 verb
  • When the pancake is evenly bronzed, plate it and dress it up.
    — Alaina Sullivan, Bon Appetit, 8 Feb. 2017
  • One post shows legs of lamb filling up the grill, bronzed with tandoori spice.
    — Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 26 Mar. 2020
  • The blossoms are followed by clusters of pink to bronze seed pods.
    — Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 30 Oct. 2021
  • Amine, a Brighton native, went 3-1 this week on his way to bronze.
    — Cody Goodwin, Detroit Free Press, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Self-tanning drops (or serums) are a super simple way to bronze your skin in just a few hours.
    — Jennifer Aldrich, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 July 2021
  • It’s lacquered with a brown sugar glaze and thrown on the griddle to caramelize and bronze along the edges.
    — Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2022
  • Start by dropping one to three drops of your bronzing product onto the back of your hand.
    — Grace McCarty, Glamour, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Sun Tone bronzing drops add a bit of warmth, ahead of a healthy sweeping powder blush across her cheeks.
    — Kiana Murden, Vogue, 21 Feb. 2026
  • This tiny bottle will keep you perfectly bronzed even in the darkest winter months.
    — Kelsey Stiegman, seventeen.com, 10 May 2023
  • Your hair stylist or colorist may be a genius, but the support of good color care habits, locks will fade or bronze fast.
    — Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 7 July 2021
  • The heat from the pan bronzed the bottom of the potatoes and kept the dish hot for a long time after removing it from the oven.
    — Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2019
  • Colors, meanwhile, include nudes, roses, coral, and golds and bronzes with sparkling hints of chartreuse and blue.
    — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2025
  • These hydrating bronzing drops are the key to a glowy complexion this summer.
    — Izzy Baskette, PEOPLE, 25 June 2026
  • Her toenails match her fingernails, and her skin is bronzed from hours sitting in the outfield bleachers.
    — Clark Spencer, miamiherald, 9 July 2017
  • Boxwood tolerates many conditions but may bronze in full sun in the South.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Boxwood tolerates many conditions but may bronze in full sun in the South.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 5 May 2026
  • This one is a game changer for pasty folks wishing for some color, but as with any bronzing product, expect a mess.
    — Jessica Prince Erlich, The Cut, 23 June 2017
  • Her two goals at the 2016 Rio Games helped lead Canada to bronze.
    — Mia Berry, Detroit Free Press, 24 July 2021
  • Plants hold this radiant hue through winter without bronzing.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Beach clubs dot the coastline, where Italians bronze themselves from late morning to sunset.
    — Anne Roderique-Jones, Travel + Leisure, 23 July 2023
  • Last year this created a sales boom for bikinis and bronzing powder that has the high street salivating this time around.
    — Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2019
  • Cavallari posted a clip of her and her oiled-up, bronzed six-pack in action on Instagram.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 29 May 2026
  • Her glam was kept bronzed, topped off with a subtle cat-eye liner and white eyeshadow for some dimension and contrast.
    — Daisy Maldonado, InStyle, 8 June 2026
  • Suter has medaled in the last four speed events at worlds, after taking silver and bronze in downhill and super-G two years ago.
    — Eric Willemsen, ajc, 13 Feb. 2021
  • But a month ago, one trip to Sephora totally flipped the script on my contouring-bronzing thoughts.
    — Jessica Cruel, SELF, 23 May 2018
  • Players walk onto the courts looking like Parisian runway models, their skin bronzed, their crisp outfits pressed.
    — Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 6 June 2023
  • Filmstar Bronze & Glow is my secret weapon for bronzing and highlighting.
    — Alexandra Tunell, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Sep. 2014
  • Glam was kept bronzed, with oil-spill black talon nails changed to a sheer satiny pink, and her hair slicked back in a tight bun, extra-long, teeny, tiny braids let down later.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Instead, my skin looked hydrated, glowy, and bronzed, with zero orange undertones.
    — Lily Wohlner, Allure, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Joan applies hers liberally, contouring her cheekbones and swirling it around her lips in the shade ‘spicy,’ the most bronzed of the six shades on offer.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 14 Feb. 2026

bronze

2 of 2 noun
  • She won a bronze in skiing.
  • Murase added the bronze to her gold in big air.
    — ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • The bronze is her first Olympic medal.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 10 Feb. 2026
  • His bronze star was one of 21 plaques stolen.
    — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Two are bronze and two are silver.
    — Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • The heads may be bronze, but the feet can turn out to be clay.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Bronze medals are solid bronze.
    — Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Don't judge a plan based on bronze, silver or gold.
    — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The brown-to-bronze fronds can be removed at this time.
    — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2026
  • The bronze had blackened and grown florid with green and white spots.
    — Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Bowe is a two-time Olympic bronze medalist.
    — John Wawrow, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Portland, Maine, snatched the bronze.
    — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 19 May 2026
  • New leaves emerge as bronze later turning dark shiny green.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Bowe also won a medal that year, a bronze in the team pursuit.
    — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026
  • Choose from eight hues, ranging from glowy bronzes to pretty pinks.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 24 June 2026
  • Zhongyan Ning of China got the bronze.
    — Howard Fendrich, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Beneath that, a layer of bronze.
    — Essence, 5 May 2026
  • The sliding bronze doors, at 38 feet, were the largest in the world.
    — Literary Hub, 13 May 2026
  • Think bronze, copper, silver, and even pewter.
    — Cori Sears, The Spruce, 25 Jan. 2026
  • Brazil's Thais Fidelis took bronze.
    — Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 20 June 2026
  • And China got gold and bronze in the men’s aerials.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Rich’s soft warm bronze, the new highlighter is the perfect fit for the tip of your brush.
    — India Espy-Jones, Essence, 29 Mar. 2024
  • Wrap it in dark glass, and don’t skimp on the brass, bronze, or anything else golden.
    — Curbed, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Just ahead of them were Usova and Zhulin, who claimed the bronze.
    — Natasha O'Neill, Vanity Fair, 3 Feb. 2026
  • It is known for its golden yellow flowers that turn bronze or rust in the fall.
    — Nishaa Sharma, The Spruce, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Jaggers rounded out his day with a bronze in 50 freestyle.
    — Rick Cantu, Austin American Statesman, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Her gravesite is marked with a bronze image of the singer and her signature.
    — Jacqueline Weiss, PEOPLE, 31 Mar. 2026
  • Our colors are shades of cabernet and chardonnay, deep greens and bronzes.
    — Emily Strohm, Peoplemag, 5 Nov. 2023
  • My guess is, the past two weeks have only helped him toward getting a bronze bust.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Dec. 2025
  • Two historic bronze plaques placed at the entrance of the cemetery were stolen.
    — Paul Burton, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026

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