Example sentences for: burnished

How can you use “burnished” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Almost overwhelmed by this swirl of activity, the Annapurna Temple in the right-hand corner gleams with burnished brass.

  • He did the same thing when the studio tried to change the ending of Jagged Edge . Both incidents burnished his image.

  • They say that if you rub it’s burnished snout, and throw a coin in the fountain, your wish for a return trip to Florence will come true.

  • Nor is it simply a chance for any city official to indulge a personal taste for martial law, surrounding himself with a hunky praetorian guard, manly men whose manliness glistens in the light of their boots, burnished to a fine sheen by the sweaty exertions of muscular comrades in arms who--I'm sorry.

  • At sunset, when the burnished gold atop the stupa begins to glow with a warm buttery light, the terrace surrounding Swayambhunath offers a fine view over the Kathmandu Valley.


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