Burnishing is the plastic deformation of a surface due to sliding contact with another object.
1 That may mean burnishing his credentials by responding forcefully to perceived threats.
2 Then Garnache espied a page on the window-seat, industriously burnishing a cuirass.
3 After a considerable amount of rubbing and burnishing , he had a crude tool.
4 He found them all hard at work burnishing up their armour.
5 Valentin hauled himself to his feet, the firelight burnishing his scales.
6 Lingering fears over European sovereign debt levels are also burnishing the metal's safe-haven appeal.
7 He found Hiram busy burnishing up every bit of metal about the Monarch II.
8 And they were polishing shields, and burnishing swords, and washing armour, and shoeing horses.
9 And they were polishing shields, and burnishing swords, and washing armor, and shoeing horses.
10 His ego did not need burnishing , he explained, but his findings deserved a public hearing.
11 They say they are not just burnishing their green credentials, but also changing corporate plans.
12 Over all the village was a red glare, lighting up the sky, burnishing the trees.
13 I laughed as Jimmy told that story, burnishing one more legend of a tin-pot god.
14 But, as Bryant knew, the grimmer historical reality had not survived the burnishing of her legend.
15 The light from the hanging lamp shone on his thick brown hair burnishing it like bronze.
16 A trip abroad last month aimed at burnishing his credentials was plagued by gaffes and stumbles.
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