Sentence example with the word 'burnish'

burnish

buff, finish, glance, gloss, polish, rub up, sandblast, scour, sleek, slick down, varnish

Definition n. the property of being smooth and shiny

Last update: November 4, 2016


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Then burnish the metal with a mild cream chrome polish.   [verb]

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Yet, in saying this, I do but indirectly burnish a little brighter the noble merit of the poem and the poet.   [Please select]

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It is not merely polished until it is bright, but burnished so that it is new.   [Please select]

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The walls and ceiling of the entire hall were covered with plates of burnished gold, and the floor with purple carpets.   [Please select]

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He bought a new and wonderful swinging crib of burnished steel for the baby.   [Please select]

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The sand here was of that silvery sheen which, at low tide, shone like burnished silver.   [Please select]

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There was a seat under a tree, beside a still lake burnished by the moon.   [Please select]

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True son of Sir Evan, undaunted Lochiel, Place thy targe on thy shoulder and burnish thy steel.   [Please select]

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The queen turned the small letter again in her hand, and smiled to herself as she looked into the great burnished sheet of silver that surmounted the table.   [Please select]

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Old Russell with a smeared shammy rag burnished again his gem, turned it and held it at the point of his Moses' beard.   [Please select]

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On the cloud-capped summit of Olympus was the palace of [28]Zeus and Hera, of burnished gold, chased silver, and gleaming ivory.   [Please select]

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