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
His family, who had arrived from the Philippines in droves to celebrate his 50th birthday, beamed from the first several rows of glossy, varnished pews.
From Salon ● Mar. 31, 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
All those shoes sliding and scraping up the floor, leaving black shoe polish across the newly varnished floor.
From "P.S. Be Eleven" by Rita Williams-Garcia
