Sentence examples similar to polished refinement from inspiring English sources
On a personal level, Moussa exudes charisma and gravitas, as I experienced on the one occasion I was in the same room as him, and has both the refinement of the polished career diplomat and a natural "common touch" – two hugely important ingredients for success, according to Rudyard Kipling.
In fact, the degree of refinement was impressive throughout, from the polished look under the hood to the absence of rattles and squeaks one might excuse in a car that is still far from an assembly-line product.
Previous efforts, including the current Chevrolet Cobalt and its predecessor, the Cavalier, fell woefully short in terms of refinement, quality and customer satisfaction against the more polished Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla, the segment's perennial sales leaders.
By contrast, the walkway's aluminum cladding looks sleek and polished, as if the architects were aspiring for a higher level of refinement.
Jakob, who was his brother's equal in all these things, possessed an alleviating air of some refinement as a result of living in the more-polished atmosphere of Paris.
The polished narrative painting forms found in the late Heian and Kamakura periods were still produced but were eclipsed by styles that conveyed energy at the expense of surface refinement.
Add highly polished boots.
Everything is smart, clean, polished.
Reinvention or refinement?
