burnish
verb (used with object)
to polish (a surface) by friction.
unburnished
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a word derived from
burnish.
Example Sentences
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Kerouac saw sadness in Frank’s collection, but what is most notable about the staid, unburnished faces now is their comparative sanguinity.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 11, 2019
The tunes take on an unburnished immediacy, an instant intimacy that taps straight into Bennett's gift for making a lyric seem like a conversation and a melody like the true rhythm of the heart.
From Time Magazine Archive
"How dull it is to pause, to make an end, to rust unburnished," laments Tennyson's Ulysses after his return home from heroism to sit "by this still hearth, among these barren crags."
From Time Magazine Archive
Length by length, like a serpent grey and cold, sluggish, unburnished, dull, and bewildered, the column took the road.
From The Long Roll by Johnston, Mary
On his shoulders under the shield he carried a splendid scarlet mantle; over his breast was a great brooch of burnt gold, and in his fist he gripped a pair of thick-shafted, unburnished spears.
From Irish Fairy Tales by Stephens, James
