Filigree in a sentence as a noun

It is fantasy armour, but imagine that the filigreed parts are all solid with the filigree applied on the outside.

This looks like it would do about as much good as bikini armour, all the intricately filigreed cutout parts over your vitals and guts would be remarkably weak.

Its also beautifully decorated encrusted with gemstones and gold filigree but only in places that wont detract from how well it works as a hammer.

Filigree in a sentence as a verb

I admit that the drug discovery thing was unnecessary filigree for an argument that could have rested with "we need more children so that old people don't end up starving to death".

Classical art relies heavily upon a reception of the infinite quantity of existing forms, like endlessly spirally plant leaves and filigree.

Just want to add that historical British society has a pretty amazing, filigreed culture of bigotry that has clearly been perfected through centuries of refinement.

Filigree definitions

noun

delicate and intricate ornamentation (usually in gold or silver or other fine twisted wire)

See also: filagree fillagree

verb

make filigree, as with a precious metal