Example Sentences

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Which is an awful shame, because he really needs to: a top-class striker would have polished off a hat-trick within the first 16 minutes at Wembley.

From The Guardian • Mar. 28, 2018

"I conclude that we have polished him like a mirror, and shout hallelujah when he reflects us to the inch," says his doctor.

From Time • Aug. 29, 2017

They have polished concrete floors and high, exposed ceilings.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 25, 2015

I have polished the pieces with Brasso, but the shine does not last.

From Washington Post • Aug. 25, 2015

Many of these houses are finished in the finest hardwoods, and not a few have polished mahogany floors.

From The Critic in the Orient by Fitch, George Hamlin