polish
Example Sentences
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Most of us don’t, so we need to guard and polish our reputations constantly.
I noticed the salesclerk didn’t want to miss a word either, so he leaned his ear over toward us as he polished the glass.
From Literature
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Vittoria Ceretti is 27, so he still has a few more years to polish that resume with, say, Oscar No. 2.
From Los Angeles Times
On the other, he's a flawless pop star who gives those songs catchy melodies and polished production, and performs them with swagger in sparkly suits.
From BBC
Besides, Mitrokhin possessed none of the attributes of his more polished colleagues.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.