'burnished' is a correct and usable word in written English.
It means to polish or shine something, often metal, by rubbing it with a tool or cloth. It can also refer to making something smoother or more attractive through effort or attention. Example: The artisan carefully burnished the edges of the silver dish, giving it a reflective shine that caught the light and dazzled the eyes of the beholder.
There was an elegiac tone to the statement but if the Portuguese is likely to be attending job interviews shortly his CV has been burnished by this success.
Click here to view clip The first knock-out African film I saw in the new millennium was this burnished mood-piece.
She left the marks of her great physical endeavour on the interior surface of the wood, though the outsides were burnished like conkers.
This year Marco Rubio, a Republican senator from Florida, burnished his already glowing reputation, and Julián Castro, the Democratic mayor of San Antonio, drew attention by becoming the first Latino to give his party's keynote address.
Clicking, clapping, dancing or dreaming, laughing or sad, she seemed to contain all the strength, warmth, sensuousness and burnished beauty of Africa, as well as all its sounds.
And its ostentatiously simple, go-anywhere ads (a bottle with a bow-tie, for example, over the slogan "Absolut Elegance") were at odds with the burnished, regional imagery that sold most booze.
Investors now seem to be better than they were at telling economies apart rather than thinking of them as a group.In this section Getting a grip Burnished An activist ousted What crisis?
He burnished his reputation as a Republican wordsmith working for Dan Coats, a former senator for Indiana.
One kind, the good sort, hailed from California (preferably from Silicon Valley), contributed to his campaign chest, burnished his image as a moderate pro-business Democrat and didn't draw attention to itself.
But Ford's image has been burnished by the remarkable improvement in its profitability, even though it avoided bankruptcy and thus had no reprieve from its debts and other liabilities.
As Mr Agius summarised Lord Turner's criticisms: "We overdid it".Lord Turner, who is due to testify in front of MPs on July 16th, may be one of the few people to come out of the LIBOR drama with his reputation burnished.
