polishing

Example Sentences

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The fossil jaws showed extensive chipping, scratching, cracking, and polishing, all signs of a strong biting force.

From Science Daily • Apr. 25, 2026

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 • Jan. 25, 2026

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 • Jan. 23, 2026

Europium is crucial for television screens, cerium is used for polishing glass and refining oil, lanthanum makes a car's catalytic converters operate -- the list of uses in today's economy is virtually endless.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

Gladys was busier than ever, polishing silver, preparing canapes, following her mistress through the house with vases of calla lilies and bougainvillea.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez