How to Use gunmetal in a Sentence

gunmetal

noun
  • There were gunmetal smoky eyes, purple lips, and glittery green shadows.
    — Shalwah Evans, Essence, 23 Sep. 2019
  • Each of its three colorways like gunmetal and sand are on-trend and practical.
    — Marissa Miller, Travel + Leisure, 27 Jan. 2023
  • The Carousel pendant’s ring of gunmetal or brass cylinders is tipped with opal glass diffusers.
    — Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2019
  • Her custom gunmetal frock featured a plunging neckline and hip cutouts.
    — Alex Badia, WWD, 23 Dec. 2024
  • In the music video for the song, metallic gunmetal and asphalt pigments were blended all over his lids.
    — Devon Abelman, Allure, 15 Mar. 2019
  • The silver shadow fades into a deep gunmetal in the crease, opening up her eyes, as does her black liner and long lashes.
    — Rachel Jacoby Zoldan, Teen Vogue, 22 May 2017
  • The Hellcat’s Brembo brake calipers can now be painted black, orange, and gunmetal, too.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 2 Nov. 2017
  • The trio shimmered in metallic frocks of gunmetal, silver, and pink, respectively.
    — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2018
  • Vines cross your path, a leaf dances in a pinprick of sun, a patch of turbid water like polished gunmetal promises a clearing in the distance.
    — Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Pierre swapped the satin nickel hardware with knobs in a nearly black gunmetal finish for contrast that ties to the mirror’s black-metal frame.
    — Marni Elyse Katz, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Kate Hudson looked every bit the silver-screen siren in an Armani Privé silk gown in gunmetal.
    — Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Pick a stunning gunmetal like this Lights Lacquer shade for a fun spin on your traditional black polish.
    — Vanessa Paredes, Redbook, 16 Dec. 2019
  • The fabric had the reflective effect of gunmetal with glass bead embellishments.
    — Mikelle Street, WWD, 17 Feb. 2025
  • Available in three outdoorsy finishes—bronze, gunmetal, and seafoam—this solar light bird feeder does a lot of jobs for such a little object.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Your looks have been so memorable and beautiful here from a yellow gown to the gunmetal, both by Dolce & Gabbana.
    — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2023
  • Think body-hugging tank dresses available in tonal hues (marble, ochre, almond, cocoa, gunmetal, and onyx) and an on-trend bubble-gum pink shade called taffy.
    — Alexis Bennett, Vogue, 28 July 2022
  • These stylish frames are available in sophisticated finishes, such as polished gold and polished gunmetal.
    — Nora Colomer May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • There are three frame-and-lens combo options, including gunmetal with green lenses, gold with brown gradient lenses, and matte black with green lenses.
    — Rachel Klein, Popular Mechanics, 13 Dec. 2022
  • The putter is a Napa modeled after the old Wilson 8802 made of gunmetal, Garcia said.
    — Lana Ferguson, Dallas Morning News, 16 Jan. 2026
  • All the utensils are made of high-grade stainless steel and high–temperature–resistant silicone with a PVD gunmetal finish.
    — Nora Colomer, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • With the lobby six flights up, arriving in the small and discreet street entrance — painted a steely gunmetal and hung with 19th-century portraits — feels like stepping into a private club.
    — Andrew Ferren, New York Times, 10 June 2016
  • According to Shape, Lopez owns these Beyond Yoga leggings in three different shades, including black gunmetal, sandstone gold speckle, and blush rose gold.
    — Braelyn Wood, Health.com, 16 Oct. 2019
  • The vast estuaries where abstraction and representation blend, where art-star status and starving-artist street cred commingle, meld and cohere in the show's etudes on charcoal hues, obsidian, tar, gunmetal, fog and silver.
    — Special To The Oregonian, OregonLive.com, 7 Jan. 2018
  • In 2024 those trends include statement ranges that combine utility with elegance, unusual colors like gunmetal black, and the ability to design appliances, including stoves, for one’s precise needs.
    — Robb Report Studio, Robb Report, 4 Apr. 2024
  • In photos from the dinner Kardashian hosted with the nonprofit organization Reform Alliance, the reality star and future lawyer wore a strapless metallic pink leather column dress with chunky gunmetal accessories.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 17 Feb. 2023
  • The Snowtown Murders, his pitiless debut, depicted the murders committed by notorious serial killer John Bunting with a nightmarish inexorability, heightened by an overcast color palette that could be described as gunmetal.
    — Isaac Feldberg, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2020

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