Brushing , flossing , and twice-yearly dental check-ups are standard for oral health care , but there are more health benefits to taking care of your pearly whites than most of us know .
Dressed plainly , in a yellow t-shirt , black trousers and a pearly white jacket , she could have been mistaken for a factory worker , except , perhaps , for her challenging gaze and commanding voice .
But the oppressive atmosphere flattered the signs which blurred in the pearly air and leaked reflections on to the slick streets as if the gas inside them were turning moist all over again .
At some point , cooking is not a matter of skill ; it 's a matter of understanding , of learning to see the differences between one perfectly good pot of rice and another , of the minute details in something that , for most anyone else , is pure pearly blandness .
Bernard berenson , one of the most influential writers on the venetian renaissance , said of him : " no other master of that time paints so well the pearly light that models the italian landscape with a peculiar lightness and breadth . "