polished
Example Sentences
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Bees, however, often coat their nests with a waxy secretion that creates a waterproof, polished interior.
From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026
Baseball’s rules were standardized by middle-class Manhattan professionals who “squeezed all the wildness of the folk game into their polished diamond,” giving it a sheen of gentility.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
The apps I made looked polished, worked well and were intuitive to use.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026
The aesthetic favors deliberate roughness and mistakes over a sterile, polished sheen.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026
The dragonlet looked different than she had that morning —lighter, somehow, as if someone had polished her scales.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
