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Examples of burnished
burnished
Ostman shares the messiness and the failures and the blister-burnished triumphs.
From the thenewstribune.com
In fact, it's a 40-year-old Reich classic, a burnished treasure of modern music.
From the sfgate.com
Upon its publication, however, the volume only burnished Mr. Carver's reputation.
From the online.wsj.com
The governor's handling of the storm also burnished his reputation in New Jersey.
From the nytimes.com
If gold is burnished by grim news, it seems likely to become still more alluring.
From the economist.com
Compared with these burnished stage pictures, the production's content seems wan.
From the washingtonpost.com
But it also burnished a reputation that follows him to Detroit 11 years later.
From the freep.com
Miss Bumbry soon perfected her famous, distinctively burnished mezzo-soprano voice.
From the washingtontimes.com
Towns have been gently burnished, but their rural character has remained unchanged.
From the cnn.com
- Buff: polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes"
- Polish: the property of being smooth and shiny
- (burnished) bright: made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; "bright silver candlesticks"; "a burnished brass knocker"; "she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves"; "rows of shining glasses"; "shiny black patents"
- Burnishing is a form of pottery treatment in which the surface of the pot is polished, using a hard smooth surface such as a wooden or bone spatula, smooth stones, plastic, or even glass bulbs, while it still is in a leathery 'green' state, i.e., before firing. ...
- (Burnishing (metalworking)) Burnishing is the plastic deformation of a surface due to sliding contact with another object. Visually, burnishing smears the texture of a rough surface and makes it shinier. ...
- To make smooth or shiny by rubbing; to polish; to shine
- (burnished) Polished, made shiny by rubbing (especially with a burnisher)
- (Burnished) Applied to colour which is rich, deep and lustrous and carries a distinct bloom.
- (Burnished) Induced shine accomplished by ironing the skin.
