polished

Example Sentences

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The two yellow wafers and Ms. Fox’s eyes add conspicuous color to the polished gray stainless-steel components of machinery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

A section of granite blocks, measuring roughly four meters high and six meters wide, appears unusually smooth and polished.

From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026

Some listeners find continuity in Arirang's polished and experimental sound co-created by American producers and engineers, but others say this album is too highly produced, missing the raw passion of Dark & Wild.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2026

For Bennett, the emergence of modern country music in the early 2000s -- with a highly polished, more pop sound and repeated "melodic shapes" -- is key.

From Barron's • Apr. 7, 2026

The dragon’s back was broad as a dozen grand pianos, and as polished; it was slippery, and hard to know where to put his feet.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell