How to Use burnish in a Sentence

burnish

verb

• See Leng said, as the city-state seeks to burnish its appeal to the best minds globally.
  — Michelle Jamrisko, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2022
• This is a great way to impress the interviewer and burnish your brand right away.
  — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 8 Aug. 2022
• To burnish his image, Hoover coopted the new screen medium.
  — Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 July 2023
• Getting a taste of the personal lives of players is good for burnishing their own images — and the league’s.
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Sep. 2023
• It has been lifted up for posterity and burnished in a new way by Noel and his team.
  — Simon Thompson, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
• The actor has been blonde, burnished, and yes, brunette—but this new hue and the accompanying cut feel right on time.
  — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 10 Nov. 2023
• Around the time Harman joined the council, the city was working to burnish its national image.
  — Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2024
• Apply stencils to eggs and use fingers to burnish along the edges of each shape to ensure it's tightly adhered.
  — Lacey Howard, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Apr. 2022
• The meeting burnished William's credentials as a global statesman in his newish role as Prince of Wales.
  — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2023
• Saudi Arabia is, of course, not the first country to use sports as a platform to burnish its global image.
  — New York Times, 9 June 2022
• The South African government, like the Saudis now, was using sport to bolster and burnish — sportswash — the country’s image.
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Feb. 2022
• My father was part of the conspiracy to burnish my spelling chops.
  — Robert Klose, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Sep. 2023
• You’re already primed to it, trying to burnish your product/brand, trying to ‘take’ something.
  — Solitaire Townsend, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024
• But Chapek made things worse with decisions that did little to burnish Disney’s brand.
  — Jena McGregor, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
• Unlike many great athletes who’ve made lousy coaches, Sanders knows how to marshal his story not to burnish his past but to build a future.
  — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 11 Nov. 2023
• Bernarda, who moved with her mom and dad to New Jersey nearly 10 years ago to burnish her game, doesn’t phone home to her older sister for playing tips.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2022
• The 28-year-old downplayed any comparisons, or any ambitions on his part to burnish his own image.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2022
• For the kings and queens, presidents and prime ministers in attendance, the event is a chance to burnish their place in history in what, for a few hours, will be the focal point of the planet.
  — Frida Ghitis, CNN, 17 Sep. 2022
• At any rate, this movie, which filmed in part in Central Oregon, didn’t do much to burnish Costner’s reputation.
  — Kturnqui, oregonlive, 30 June 2023
• The axis of resistance has used the conflict to burnish its capabilities and wide reach.
  — Ali Vaez, Foreign Affairs, 25 Jan. 2024
• If Tesla follows through, such a move would amount to another win for a state that has used its ties with him to burnish its pro-business credentials.
  — Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 1 Feb. 2024
• The White House still has plenty of tools at its disposal to speed the energy transition and burnish its reputation on the world stage, though.
  — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 10 May 2022
• Huang’s chicken is burnished red and rugged, slick with hot duck fat in a shade that indicates something ferociously spicy.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2023
• David Beckham has become a men’s fashion icon, and the latest drop from his eyewear line will likely only burnish that status.
  — Justin Ray, Robb Report, 12 May 2023
• The company’s soccer empire, which Evergrande used to burnish its brand, is going through one, too.
  — Wenxin Fan, WSJ, 14 Sep. 2022
• Newsom seemed to be trying to play the role of global statesman, hamming it up on the world stage in an effort to burnish his resume for a future presidential bid.
  — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2023
• But one senses the film will outlive this moment, and only burnish his reputation as one of the few blockbuster directors with the clout to pull off working at this scale.
  — Thomas Page, CNN, 17 July 2023
• With Watt burnishing their sound just enough, songs that could have easily been rote feel revitalized.
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2023
• Constructing and burnishing a familiar theme can help a Super Bowl ad stand out.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 Feb. 2024
• But Archer’s connection to Biden was invoked to burnish his credentials, according to court records.
  — USA TODAY, 22 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 3 May 2024