refinement
Example Sentences
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Zumthor also seemed deeply pleased with the moment, saying, “I’ve always been happy,” and emphasized that working in L.A. taught him to embrace a certain frontier-like lack of refinement.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026
But one would be hard pressed to argue that any comedy ever surpassed “Trouble in Paradise” for invention and refinement.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
"He conquered the world with his refinement... and he enhanced Italy, because he brought Italy to the world. The greatest people wore Valentino," he told AFP.
From Barron's • Jan. 23, 2026
With further refinement, this work could one day contribute to a new and effective treatment for pancreatic cancer.
From Science Daily • Jan. 10, 2026
The count decorated it according to his personal taste, with a decadent, ambiguous refinement that startled Blanca, accustomed as she was to country life and her father’s classical sobriety.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
Vocabulary lists containing refinement
"A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift
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Vocabulary from "John L. O'Sullivan on 'Manifest Destiny' " from 1839
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"The Mixer" by P.G. Wodehouse
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