Kim Jong-un

We should educate all Party members and other working people to become genuine patriots who first love their parents, spouses and children and further sincerely shed sweat and dedicate their all to spruce up their homes, villages and workplaces so that they are better than others' and add lustre to their country, their motherland.

North Korean Leader

Jonathan Raban

By the end of the 1980s, Seattle had taken on the dangerous lustre of a promised city. The rumour had gone out that if you had failed in Detroit you might yet succeed in Seattle - and that if you'd succeeded in Seoul, you could succeed even better in Seattle... Seattle was the coming place. So I joined the line of hopefuls.

British Author

Sports play a very important role in consolidating the national strength, adding lustre to the country's prestige and honour, inspiring people with national dignity and pride, and imbuing the whole society with revolutionary mettle.

Akhenaton

When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, and the influence of her power it is in vain to resist.

Egyptian Statesman

Samuel L. Jackson

We need to change America's image round the world. America has lost some lustre in terms of how folks aspire to be like us.

Actor

Jim Broadbent

A make-up artist I know polished her Oscar and it lost its lustre. But if you don't polish it, it doesn't tarnish.

American Actor

Herodotus

Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh.

Greek Historian

William Hazlitt

One shining quality lends a lustre to another, or hides some glaring defect.

English Critic

Nita Ambani

India is now changing and regaining its lustre, and it is coming of age.

Indian Businesswoman

Used to describe a soft glow, creating a vivid picture in the reader's mind.

Visual Imagery

Denotes a refined, understated beauty rather than something flashy or garish.

Subtle Elegance

Suggests something is strikingly good because of its richness or well-designed features.

Impressive Quality

A specific term in geology, describing how light interacts with mineral surfaces.

Scientific Term

Mostly used in academic or professional contexts related to geology or mineralogy.

Academic Usage

Used metaphorically to indicate respect or admiration for someone's achievements.

Metaphorical Worth

Can suggest fame, reputation, or a positive aura surrounding a person or thing.

Lustre