spiff
Example Sentences
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Elsewhere Mr. Jones describes “the spiff of excess air” from a pressure valve, “the horrible graunch of the car door” and “the prip prip prip of postage stamps parting from their perforations.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 4, 2025
All the videos were snippets of her nonstop campaign to spiff up the home she had just moved into with her husband.
From New York Times ● Feb. 11, 2024
In late 1986, a book publisher — Harcourt Brace Jovanovich — bought Marineland, pledging to keep it going and even spiff it up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2023
What if we could eliminate many unruly passenger incidents by simply suggesting that passengers spiff up a little before they leave for the airport?
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 19, 2023
The Washburns hire two gardeners, who spiff up the grounds.
From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez
