Her matchless hair, glossier than a starling's wing, floats like an autumn cloud.
"Kai Lung's Golden Hours"
Ernest Bramah Commentator: Hilaire Belloc
Of another set-"The eggs were much glossier and had a china-white ground; but instead of a multitude of small specks over the whole surface, they had nearly the whole colouring-matter gathered together at the large end in a cap of bold, almost maroon-red spots, only a very few spots of the same colour being scattered over the rest of the egg."
"The Nests and Eggs of Indian Birds, Volume 1"
Allan O. Hume
He had fallen away in flesh; the lines had deepened beside his upper lip; and in spite of a glossier suit he had an appearance of hopelessness which he had not worn when I saw him for the first time.
"The Delectable Duchy"
Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch