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

US tariffs and shifting trade routes are meanwhile disrupting flows through key cutting and polishing hubs.

From Barron's • Feb. 8, 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

The process of blasting, cleaning, polishing, hoisting, cementing, securing and demolishing what has been built suggests that our director wants us to paraphrase Genesis: “From rubble you came and to rubble you shall return.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2025

The hammering, soldering, and polishing took hours, while Crick paced impatiently upstairs.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee