“We'll paint the ceiling a golden color, lightly rag on some of our green stain to give it a patina of age, and then we'll go to work on the woodwork.”

“The rusted patina makes it look like it's naturally weathered from leaning against a water-stained concrete wall for years.”

“A sword, for example, has what looks like a transparent shiny patina over deep yellow, bronze-colored metal.”

“With patination, i.e. the specific artificial ageing of surfaces, you can achieve individual and interesting effects on your buildings.”

“As a result, the patina of preserved cars — weathered paint, worn leather and pitted chrome — have led to incidents of false patination.”

“The purpose which the building serves and its location must always be thought of for the degree of patination.”

“Three days after the wedding patin could no longer understand how he had ever imagined Desiree to be different from other women.”

“It is indeed remarkable, that two coins having the same reverse, and the inscription pietas, occur in patin.”

“Fernel, though enthusiastically praised by patin, was probably hardly equal to Joubert.”