varnished
Example Sentences
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She rushed off to have her nails varnished at her favorite salon, which was destroyed in the mall strike but has reopened in a building nearby.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
She told MPs that this included a “foetal skeleton posed under a glass dome, a human thigh bone turned into a cane, a human jawbone necklace and the varnished skull of a six-year-old”.
From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2024
A quick way to see whether something is laminated or varnished is to tear it, she explained.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 22, 2023
Villagers instituted lay church caretakers called “mayordomos,” and filled chapels with elaborate altarpieces made of local wood and varnished with pine sap.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2023
The courtroom, an unpretentious chamber situated on the third floor of the Finney County Courthouse, has dull white walls and furnishings of darkly varnished wood.
From "In Cold Blood" by Truman Capote
