Sentence examples for are burnished from inspiring English sources
verb
To make smooth or shiny by rubbing; to polish; to shine.
- In pottery, a stone is sometimes used to burnish a pot before firing, giving it a smooth, shiny look.
The wood veneers are burnished to such a high degree of polish that they almost pass for rare minerals.
Dry lime rounds with paper towels; spray or brush with oil, and grill until edges are burnished, 1 minute.
Whereas Nelson's paintings are burnished too a sheen, appearing almost illuminated, Collier's watercolors and collages, though equally moving, are more muted and textured.
The bake is ready when the rhubarb has softened but is still holding its shape and the potatoes are burnished and crisp.
Songs such as "The Way it Goes" are burnished and lustrous, but surprises include an electrifying third encore cover of "White Rabbit".
But Matthews displays improvisational verve — blacks are "burnished" and "browned butter," and whites are anything from "alabaster" to "a puffy marshmallow in Baltimore's steaming cup of cocoa" — and narrates with the vigor of a movie script.
Many are seeking Western partners for investment and are burnishing their image with a coterie of Western lawyers, investment advisers and public relations agents.
But his skin is burnished gold.
Everyone is burnished and slightly bad-tempered.
Once the meat is burnished, it's nearly cooked through.
In Russia, by contrast, Stalin's memory is being burnished.
