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How to use ceruse in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word ceruse? Here are some examples.

Sentence Examples
Antic Ochre with a white ceruse on the edge of the sculpture and colour variation between the background and the Egyptian.
The ceruse mixture was applied to the neck and bosom as well as the face.
They are available here in black, ceruse or white stained solid oak.
Even as Gascoigne wrote, his monarch, Elizabeth I, was poisoning her complexion with ceruse, a lead-based skin whitener used in ancient Rome and revived in the Renaissance.
Keeping with the mid-century style, I added the contemporary matchstick style chandelier and black ceruse quarter sawn Oak nightstands to complete the room.
Lead, in the form of Venetian ceruse, was extensively used in cosmetics by Western European aristocracy as whitened faces were regarded as a sign of modesty.
Ceruse oak and distressed black patina finish.
Examples from Classical Literature
Proceed thus till you have dissolved one half, or two thirds, of the ceruse.
Spanish green was verdigris, and minium was red lead, while ceruse was white lead.
But art has taught her to supply furrowed deformities with ceruse boxes, and to repair a decayed complexion with an Italian fucus.
Afterward the pulveriz'd ceruse is to be infus'd, and the Ointment stirr'd about till it be almost cold.
Evaporate to a pellicle the liquors you poured off from the ceruse, and set them in a cool place.
You will temper minium and ceruse and carmine with clear of egg.
A pot of ceruse, my child, that I took out of a lady's under-pocket.
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