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Meanings of burnish in English
Synonyms
Examples for "polish"
Examples for "polish"
1
In the language is the material, and in the rhythm the polish.
2
Her nail polish was beginning to chip off; she needed a manicure.
3
The unnamed interviewer said: I recruited somebody … she's short of polish.
4
That's where the work rate and polish of Ramirez narrowly won out.
5
But it's also used in shoe polish, fire fighting foam, and shampoo.
1
A £1 million reduction in interest payments added some gloss to profits.
2
Miles was going the pace-worenothing after the gloss was off it.
3
They undoubtedly received a gloss from the ages which transmitted the tales.
4
Let's not gloss over the fact that he calls Africa a country.
5
It, however, lacks the fineness and gloss of the kossegear and kioddellik.
1
The skin was clean and shone with the glossiness of much soap.
2
The shrinkage of the polymer surface generates a rough topography and low glossiness.
3
He delighted in the pinkness and glossiness of her nails.
4
Aside from complaints about its glossiness, people were also worried about cracking the screen.
5
Layer it up for obscene evening glossiness, or wear a little for daytime glow.
Usage of burnish in English
1
Environment Minister Shannon Phillips said the new targets will burnish Alberta's reputation.
2
Palestinian diplomats also are courting European countries to further burnish their case.
3
Starboard has been seeking to burnish its credentials in the pharmaceutical sector.
4
But the music was lovely and only proved to burnish his reputation.
5
Both built newsrooms to burnish their legitimacy and nab even more dollars.
6
Their first care was to burnish up their armour and their weapons.
7
Her prose has the inimitable burnish of hammered silver or hand-rubbed wood.
8
He smiles to think I have for-gotten to burnish his armour.
9
Charlotte would burnish up past foolishness, and this might upset her nerves.
10
You lofty and dazzling towers, pinnacled, red as roses, burnish'd with gold!
11
No better time to burnish one's credentials as a defender of press freedom.
12
Its active interest in interfaith dialogue also helped burnish its image.
13
Robertson was eager to burnish his fiscal responsibility credentials on his first outing.
14
If anything, McDonagh's absence from the British stage has helped burnish his reputation.
15
But RIM's battered stock price may burnish its allure as an acquisition target.
16
The perfect night sky shone coldly with the burnish of its million stars.
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Burnish through the time
Burnish across language varieties
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