How to Use refinish in a Sentence

refinish

verb

• She made her living repairing and refinishing wood floors.
• The revamp included new machinery, new sails, servicing of mast and rigging, new teak decks, fresh paint, and overall refinishing.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 27 June 2024
• And the stairs to the second floor need to be refinished.
  — Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel, 4 May 2023
• The plants had to be moved to the deck while the hardwood floors were refinished.
  — Tim Carter, Chicago Tribune, 4 Aug. 2023
• For $20 an hour, Ernesto agrees to refinish and paint the deck.
  — Randy Cordova, azcentral, 10 June 2019
• The fireplace got a facelift and the pantry was refinished.
  — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 14 June 2023
• All the floors were stripped and the walls were refinished to bring the apartment back to its muted roots.
  — Camille Okhio, ELLE Decor, 17 Feb. 2023
• The hardwood floors have been refinished, and the garage doors have been replaced.
  — Shannon Rooney, Philly.com, 10 Apr. 2018
• The goldtop changed hands at least three times since then and has been refinished at least twice.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 12 Aug. 2019
• The floors, of heart pine, fir, and maple — in one bedroom, the boards are more than 18 inches wide — were all refinished.
  — Marni Elyse Katz, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2018
• Amiee restored and refinished lots of the furniture that fills the home.
  — Roxanne Washington, cleveland.com, 1 June 2017
• The hardwood floors have been refinished, the roof is newer and the windows have been replaced.
  — USA TODAY, 29 Sep. 2017
• The heavy stucco was smoothed out and the wood floors were refinished and bleached, which added a softer, natural look.
  — Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
• If the entire floor is covered in scratches and gouges, the best option might be to refinish the entire floor.
  — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 June 2022
• When that happens, the only remedy is to sand and refinish the floor.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2023
• Don’t: Sanding, stripping or refinishing a floor should be left to the pros.
  — Dallas News, 8 Mar. 2020
• Why not take an old piece and repurpose or refinish it?
  — Cathy Hobbs, Star Tribune, 8 Jan. 2021
• The solid wood frames of the banquette booths were sanded back to bare wood and refinished with special care by the artisans.
  — Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 14 June 2023
• On the other hand, our kitchen cabinets, once they're done, will be refinished.
  — OregonLive.com, 18 Jan. 2018
• But to lay a good foundation for a summer of fun, start from the ground up by refinishing or staining your deck.
  — Emma Bazilian, House Beautiful, 15 June 2023
• The space is earthy and adorned with the color sage, refinished antique furniture, gold accents and live plants.
  — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2024
• Built in 2002, the house recently has been painted and had its hardwood floors refinished.
  — Bob Goldsborough, chicagotribune.com, 1 July 2019
• These can also be refinished or painted—the more ornate the better.
  — Maggie Burch, House Beautiful, 19 Sep. 2018
• The 1,500-square-foot space is being repainted and refinished to give it a modern cantina feel.
  — Jordyn Noennig, Journal Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2023
• The house has been painted, some floors are refinished, others replaced.
  — Anne-Marie Yerks, House Beautiful, 15 Oct. 2015
• Either way, to get everything to match, the best solution is to refinish the entire floor.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
• McLaurin says, and was refinished and its brass and its light fixture restored or replaced.
  — Jura Koncius, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2019
• Cole said the original floors are being refinished and drywall is being torn down to expose the cream city brick in the Mann Block building.
  — Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Dec. 2019
• But avoid the ugly sanding marks left by your handyman by refinishing entire boards: all of the new pieces plus the old floorboards that the handyman marred.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
• Red-oak hardwood floors already ran through much of the house’s first level, so they were extended into the kitchen and refinished.
  — Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 25 Oct 2024