| 1. | All the stiffness and gloss had gone out of his beautiful furry coat. - from The Call of the Wild by Jack London |
| 2. | To set a gloss upon his bold intent. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 3. | If virtue's gloss will stain with any soil. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 4. | Hath sullied all his gloss of former honou. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 5. | To set a gloss on faint deeds, hollow welcomes. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 6. | Nay, that would be as great a soil in the new gloss of you. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 7. | 'Tis a commodity will lose the gloss with lying the longer kept. - from The Complete Works of William Shakespeare by William Shakespeare |
| 8. | I could see that she was pretty, and from the gloss with which the light shone upon her dark dress I knew that it was a rich material. - from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle |
| 9. | --I mean, for Willie Hughes, Mr Best said, amending his gloss easily. - from Ulysses by James Joyce |