burnished
IPA: bˈɝnɪʃt
adjective
- Polished, made shiny by rubbing (especially with a burnisher).
- (figurative) Blazing, bright.
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Examples of "burnished" in Sentences
- The man burnished the old furniture.
- The image is rubbed with gin and then burnished.
- I have read a fiery Gospel writ in burnished rows of steel;
- I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel:
- Without doubt, the main burnished piece is the pitcher which holds refreshing drinking water.
- By the time Delvin burnished the last of the tape and pulled the leads down the sun was rising.
- "I hereby swear to keep your name burnished bright before all men, and to carry on your cause until the end of my days," she said.
- But the Golden Gate Bridge, which opened to pedestrians 70 years ago today -- at 6 a.m. on May 27, 1937 -- is more than an international icon in burnished red.