varnishing

Example Sentences

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Ironically, the 1974 varnishing and warm wax relining had helped keep the surface paint in place when the violent ripping happened.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2022

Shipwrights and volunteers will be recorking about 4,000 linear feet of seams on deck, conducting mechanical systems maintenance, painting and varnishing.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 28, 2022

Díaz’s approach is plain and solid, like a well-built wooden chair before varnishing.

From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2020

And we applaud university officials who aren’t varnishing their words.

From Washington Times • Jul. 31, 2019

They went on with their work of sanding or varnishing the newly finished benches, but they didn’t talk.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes