noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ VERB
lose
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The team were trudging off the pitch, the diamonds on their shirt-sleeves having long since lost their lustre .
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Things like that can make even the best marriage lose its lustre .
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Autumn had given the trees that extra golden lustre .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Even after the Papacy had returned to Rome in 1376, the Anti-Popes enabled it to retain its luxury and lustre .
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Granite and alabaster were also imported with precious materials such as porphyry to give richness and lustre to interiors.
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The original lustre of the shell has been retained.
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The piled fibres absorb and reflect the light, alternating deep and pale hues and giving the cloth its unique lustre .
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The species is beautifully preserved, retaining something of its original lustre , and all the fine details of its ornament.
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The team were trudging off the pitch, the diamonds on their shirt-sleeves having long since lost their lustre .
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They have a handsome shiny lustre which makes them conspicuous from a distance.
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This is nonsense; the lustre is solely the result of the chemical washing.