burnished
Example Sentences
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It begins in a dim restaurant, glasses of wine giving off a burnished glow as the professor protagonist expounds on memory and the workings of the brain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
A roast chicken can be imagined burnished and fragrant, surrounded by little potatoes, perhaps with thyme involved.
From Salon ● Aug. 25, 2026
Jones manages his superb cast with aplomb and cinematographer Wyatt Garfield evocatively captures lower Manhattan’s wintry, burnished glow.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
In Sabina Hahn’s spare, watercolor illustrations, the pickle is a burnished emerald green with round eyes and no mouth—which makes it all the more remarkable when it begins to speak.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Catherine’s brush attacked the canvas as she spoke, quickly mixing burnished colors to catch the harsh afternoon light.
From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat
Vocabulary lists containing burnished
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
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Tolkien Reading Day, List 5
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The Time Machine
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