face-lifting
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
“One stays, unless possessed of tremendous courage, for 30 or 40 years, or until further face-lifting becomes impractical.”
From Slate ● Oct. 25, 2011
As part of the main library's $45 million face-lifting, the catalog room is being computerized, its 8,973 drawers and 10 million cards replaced by a central memory bank and 50 low-slung terminals.
From Time Magazine Archive
For a cost of about $500, a face-lifting might include three custom-framed reproductions and four toss pillows.
From Time Magazine Archive
The plant is still serviceable, though it needs a full-scale face-lifting, but if only the Yankees play there, the city might never recoup its planned $24 million investment.
From Time Magazine Archive
She'd found out, somewhere, that Conn had been the originator of the municipal face-lifting project.
From The Cosmic Computer by H. Beam Piper
Random Word
Spin the wheel and learn a new word!
Get a word