How to Use finished in a Sentence

finished

adjective
  • We were pleased with the finished product.
  • She says she's finished with that guy.
  • He started his homework two hours ago and he still isn't finished.
  • The job is finally finished.
  • I'll wait here until you're finished.
  • This scandal means that his career is finished.
  • We're finished! I never want to see you again!
  • The egg yolk still shines through the top of the finished dish (right).
    Elena Kadvany, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The clients are, of course, thrilled with the finished design.
    Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 16 May 2024
  • The finished film, the whole thing, took me by surprise.
    Simon Thompson, Forbes, 9 June 2022
  • But not all the wood from a felled tree ends up in the finished product.
    Kurt Kleiner, JSTOR Daily, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Top the finished dish with a drizzle of lemon juice, maple syrup, and olive oil.
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Feb. 2024
  • The 21-year-old finished 0-for-3 with one walk and one strikeout.
    Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 2 June 2022
  • Their finished video will be shown on a big screen in the theater room.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 25 July 2022
  • About a quarter of the race voice-overs that show up in the finished episodes are done after the fact.
    New York Times, 14 July 2022
  • With the quick deadline, Loggins had to wait a while to hear the finished version of the song.
    Dan Reilly, Vulture, 25 May 2022
  • The box of a puzzle has a picture with the finished product on the cover.
    Matt Cohen | McOhen@al.com, al, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Just throw it all in the slow-cooker, and come back 4 to 6 hours later to a finished dish.
    Southern Living Test Kitchen, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2023
  • For gaming and a movie night, head down to the 2,775-square-foot finished basement.
    Erin Hayes Burt, Dallas News, 5 May 2023
  • The wait for finished alterations: 4-6 weeks and worth it.
    Jane Herman, Vogue, 5 Feb. 2024
  • In the lower level, the finished recreation room adds 690 square feet to the home.
    Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 11 Nov. 2022
  • And the family is pleased with the finished design, too.
    Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Critics were for the most part unimpressed by the finished film.
    Clark Collis, EW.com, 20 Sep. 2022
  • Rowing in Color ‘A’ finished 31st in the women’s club eights, and eighth among the 14 club shells in the field.
    Sarah Barber, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Oct. 2022
  • So the finished film is, in many ways, a tribute to Boseman.
    Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The entire process to a finished product can take just a few days.
    Tyler Remmel, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The finished version of Time Out of Mind slowly rose out of this chaos.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2023
  • There is merit to the idea that Jobe isn’t a finished product.
    Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Since the Hornets are far from a finished product, and boast one of the four worst records in the league, their true roster reconstruction will come in the summer.
    Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Fans will likely have to wait a while to see the finished product, but the series promises to give an inside look at WWE through the lens of its biggest stars.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Jan. 2025

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