unpolished
Example Sentences
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Spare guitar chords give way to a female voice that sounds unpolished but beautiful: “I want to lay with you/ In an open field/ Where yellow flowers are suns of Earth.”
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
On a conference call last April, an ad agency partner began presenting unpolished AI-generated images to make a point: Artificial intelligence wasn’t ready to take center stage in advertising.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026
"He's an unpolished diamond, but one worth taking a punt on because the finer details and tactical understanding can be improved by Pep Guardiola. Forty million euros could look like peanuts in a decade's time."
From BBC • Jan. 20, 2025
On Monday, Beyoncé shared a rare glimpse of her wash day routine in a unpolished video to promote her new hair-care line, shocking many with an in-depth look at her real hair.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2024
Ifemelu imagined them when they traveled: they would collect unusual things and fill their homes with them, unpolished evidence of their polish.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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