polish
verb (used with object)
to make smooth and glossy, especially by rubbing or friction.
pro-Polish
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a word derived from
Polish.
Example Sentences
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Although his pro-Polish stance cost him a great deal of popularity in Russia—there was a sharp drop in the readership of the samizdat Bell—he never repented his choice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
To have gone there would have been to declare ourselves anti-German and pro-Polish, but we were warned in time.
From My Four Years in Germany by James W. (James Watson) Gerard
The Bell, which had already lost its popularity owing to Herzen’s pro-Polish sympathies in 1863, ceased to have any circulation.
From An Outline of Russian Literature by Maurice Baring
Trusting to the expected assistance of the Western Powers and the secret connivance of Austria, they raised the standard of insurrection, and some trifling successes were magnified by the pro-Polish Press into important victories.
From Russia by Sir Donald Mackenzie Wallace
