spruce up

Example Sentences

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You probably don’t want to put a new coat of paint on your exterior walls in February, but winter is an excellent time for interior painting and giving your rooms a quick spruce-up.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 5, 2022

The central London building, which had suffered nine direct hits during World War Two, was in need of a spruce-up.

From BBC • Jun. 24, 2015

From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; until 7 p.m. on Saturdays; open until 8 p.m. the first Friday of every month; closed this Friday for the annual fall spruce-up.

From New York Times • Sep. 11, 2014

When he’s going under the knife for a spruce-up face-lift, Lee insists that Scott get some face work done as well—in order to look more like the young Liberace.

From Slate • May 24, 2013

Fresh from a multimillion-dollar spruce-up by Hirsch Bedner this past July, the Four Seasons has rightly reclaimed its crown as the best hotel in the buzzy Orchard Road shopping district.

From Time Magazine Archive