polished
Example Sentences
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A black, polished sliding door delivers you into a reception room whose pomp is disciplined by marble piers, dark patinated-bronze framing panels, and—most memorably—walls sheathed in gold mosaic and red marble.
His hair was neither long nor short, and his shoes had been polished to exactly the shine that attracts no comment.
From Literature
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A tiny polished die recovered from a deserted medieval village in Lower Radbourne, Warwickshire, resembles modern ones, but with a different numbering format.
From BBC
"I think the difference is that he is more polished than Bovino. He is better at speaking to the press, and stakeholders," he added.
From BBC
It was the same dark polished wood as Aaron’s chest.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.