burnish
Example Sentences
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Set the stage and more often than not the England legend will take his opportunity to further burnish a record that marks him out as one of the greats of the modern game.
From BBC
A vote with the majority to hold might burnish his credentials as an independent voice but cost him the job.
It was still grimy, but MacArthur Park’s famed beauty was there, a beauty unmatched by newer parks — if only Hernandez and others could burnish it.
From Los Angeles Times
Auto-parts retailers provide some of the clearest examples of how such machinations burnish companies’ numbers.
Despite a lustrous popular image burnished by the 2000 film “Gladiator,” Marcus Aurelius is, to scholars, a controversial figure.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
