polish

Example Sentences

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I don’t want to polish it off too quickly or I’ll look like I’m begging for handouts.

From Literature

"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.

From Literature

The “To be, or not to be” monologue came across as a rhetorical set piece that Hamlet has been polishing for ages.

From Los Angeles Times

White, in comparing magazine writing to “finding an apple in an orchard and polishing it up and selling it on the street.”

From The Wall Street Journal