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So I begin polishing, Boyle begins to make preliminary drawings, and things are buzzing.

Wedding season is upon us, and it is time to start polishing those golden apples, beloveds.

Officials said Obama stayed up late Tuesday night, adding point after point and re-polishing others.

They ended up polishing off two songs in the first session and, after the long break, ten more songs in two and half days.

She says that his English needed polishing and she sometimes helped out answering the phone and writing e-mails.

Now for the tempering of the Gudgeons, I leave it to the judgment of the Workman; but a word or two of the polishing of it.

It needed polishing, and she rubbed it until it looked nearly as well as when Ted brought it to her from Jacksonville.

He removed his glasses and wiped them slowly and carefully, polishing each lens with meticulous care.

The rubbing requisite in shaping and polishing war clubs may have yielded a heat occasionally causing fire.

She had finished her polishing and set back the silver, to eye it with a critical and delighted gaze.

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On this page you'll find 66 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to polishing, such as: abrading, coarse, grinding, gritty, rough, and scratching.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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