Use "polishing" in a sentence

1. I was never allowed to watch when he was varnishing though or doing the last coat of French polishing – I remember that quite clearly

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2. She’d been amazed by the overabundance of cleaning materials that she had correctly guessed would be stored in the cupboard under the sink – some things defy cultural differences! Kneeling on the floor, all the better to examine the various spray containers and bottles piled in there, her amazement turned into confusion … there were plastic spray bottles for limescale removal, disinfecting the worktops … apparently killing 99% of all known germs - though that did raise the question of what danger the remaining 1% presented if it was so vital to get rid of the things … bottles of cream for cleaning the sink and another, lavender scented, for polishing wood, a big bottle of bleach that at least smelt familiar, and noxious substances for cleaning the oven that had signs warning of danger plastered all over them … it was an education

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3. exterior while polishing the naivety within her into a

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4. And sitting on the floor of the 'closet' were a pair of new black dress boots with polishing kit

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5. George set him to hand rubbing and polishing as soon as he was big enough to hold the rags, and he spent hours sanding the glued and cured rod blanks, reel seats, and grips until his handshake was near as firm as any grown man

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6. It was unoccupied, so he set himself to brushing his dinner suit, polishing his boot tops, and airing his best linen shirt

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7. I’m sure several schools have put up new course monuments by polishing the old one since then

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8. The drying rooms, the polishing area, the bundling, tubing, and packaging areas were each a model of efficiency and order

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9. He stopped the polishing expecting to see one of the other janitors

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10. received this surname: gilded, polishing with

11. In her boredom amid attempts to sleep, she had taken to dusting off and polishing the bowl as best as she could and the antique rims shone brilliantly once again

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12. Their journey through the Palace was one of mixed feelings of nervousness and awe at the wonders that lay sprawled wall to wall – paintings of battles and ceremonies of kings, queens, heroes, and legends; tapestries; polished armour standing with spears or swords resting at an angle; mirrors as tall as the thirty-feet-high plaster ceilings worked with golden cornices of grapes and vines or paintings of angels flying through blue skies with white clouds; large chests bound in brass or steel or gold; polished furniture of oak, pine, or redwood; tables; stands; dressers and cabinets; ornaments; artefacts; statues of red-and-blue marble or white stone or gold-and-silver, including dragons and other mythical beasts – all arranged in perfect order and all glistening and gleaming as a result of meticulous dusting and polishing from the hundreds of servants in black livery slashed with red and gold or red and blue who walked busily about the hallways amongst the guards, soldiers, and Guardians who stood at every corner and staircase

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13. Soldiers stood guard around the hallways and servants scurried by busily with tasks of dusting and polishing, bearing trays of bread and cheese, tea, or goats’ milk

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14. And could you believe it? No more polishing! One Instructor actually wept reminiscing about the good old days when he was still a god

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15. Felicity had been polishing the

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16. As I was polishing it up, I had a disquieting thought

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17. polishing knives all alone in the kitchen

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18. The old Dog School had a tradition regarding the copper dogs which I am not repeating here; but it had to do with polishing certain parts, and not caught doing so because it upset the commanding officer quite badly

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19. Byronville are home?” William had walked over to the young lady polishing the car

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20. "It isn't the dog that I don't trust," I mumbled under my breath, polishing off the last of my cheese and onion toastie

21. The mechanics were setting up their benches, polishing tools, and beginning to assemble planes in the big hangar tents

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22. He could see the pike-men polishing their halberds in an almost ceremonious fashion

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23. Now, this is where most authors thank all those who were instrumental in bringing his work to the point of publishing, with the editing, polishing the text, etc

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24. We hastily made camp and spent much of the evening polishing up all metal and oiling up all leather

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25. than milk, they were more ruddy in body than rubies, their polishing was of sapphire: 8 Their visage is blacker than a coal; they are

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26. After that Taisei had to spend the rest of the afternoon polishing the wooden floors so things got pretty boring

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27. And Day has been polishing that

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28. The thought ‘I am’ is the polishing cloth

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29. All that cleaning, dusting, vacuuming and polishing! It's not

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30. "Shooting tequila? Polishing belt buckles? An angry lynch mob? Cowboys brawling in the streets? Screw Dallas, honey

31. A shift change eased into the successive realm, polishing things at home and what have you

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32. Had he eaten on the way home, she wondered? She noticed him glancing at Frankie's plate, where the girl was polishing off her potatoes and gobbling a hot dog

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33. Today she would be rid of me for most of the day, and I could imagine her oiling and polishing to her heart’s content

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34. Kendy took them from me, her polishing cloth in hand

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35. Soon it took nearly two hours to eat his peas because, on top of everything else, he had taken to polishing each pea carefully with a napkin and trying it on each prong of his fork to see where it fitted best

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36. He took great pride in it, always cleaning and polishing it

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37. One day she was polishing a set of two sterling-silver tankards that she prided having in her possession and realized that apart from her wedding ring they were the only two valuable material things that she possessed

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38. It had been neglected and needed tuning and polishing

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39. He has been supporting my career, the Koky Prik movement and polishing up his style for the last two years

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40. “I have been cleaning and polishing, but I did get some bad news this morning when I opened the door

41. Several days have passed since Darren's visit and she had been keeping herself busy cleaning and polishing until she thought she would go mad

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42. stone through it's polishing and mounting

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43. She disposed the cigarette end and took a seat on the gold, curvy sofa where Bilo was polishing her nails

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44. Jags watched her polishing away with such precision

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45. So they wanted me to go to Harvard for two years, get a polishing job, and become more sophisticated

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46. The others were polishing their weapons

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47. ‘Yeah, but who? The butler was polishing silverware in the pantry

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48. ‘I was polishing some silverware in the pantry,’ said Bosworth

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49. Aye there are even parts of me that delight at my recoiling! 'Tis not right to have so many facets; I am not a stone, no amount of polishing will make me sparkle

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50. They would arrive earlier than the others and spend the morning shaving him, giving him massages with hot towels, cutting and polishing the nails on his hands and feet, and perfuming him with toilet water

51. It is another popular way of polishing the online identity of your organization

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52. After quickly polishing off the first cup, they refilled and settled back in their chairs to enjoy the drink

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53. Cyril frowned and looked at his dirty shoes that were in desperate need of polishing

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54. At once he was relating the theory to Adam, while at the same time polishing it for himself

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55. Adam placed the headphones over his patient’s ears and the mask over his nose while Michelle prepared the scaling and polishing equipment

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56. Cleaning the rail with degreaser and polishing it up had made it look brand new

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57. Wickland was not surprised to see Derek polishing off a shot of Grey Goose vodka with the attractive women (one blonde and one brunette) on each side of him

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58. He removed the black horn-rimmed glasses that he was wearing to clean the lenses with a polishing cloth from his inner jacket pocket

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59. The floor of the office was covered with tiles that looked like marble, and the wooden panels on the wall had that deep lustre which only frequent waxing, polishing, and years of patina could bring about

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60. And he was connected to me, "Can you feel my breeze blowing? Even from Ten Thousand Miles!" I had the vision several times of him polishing my base chakra whilst I was

61. “They’re having trouble with the transmitters I suspect,” Andy said, polishing off his last forkful of rice

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62. What was really disturbing, though, was the sight of the little boy, holding up a succession of wickedly sharp knives to the light, and frantically polishing any of them which bore the merest speck of dirt

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63. The boy looked at him, with black, disinterested eyes, and went back to his polishing

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64. The boy finished polishing

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65. “No, they made the clubs out of tree branches and the ball by polishing a round stone

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66. He’d invite you to lunch, declare he was on a diet and end up polishing off most of the meal! He also had a bagful of expletives, thrown at anyone who’d care to listen; he was the kind of individual who could abuse with a smile

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67. “Because of Sal? Are you polishing shoes and giving the proceeds to the poor?”

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68. consistent style, and Loyd would take on the final editing and polishing before the material was

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69. The senior guys continued polishing their strikes as if nothing had happened and concentrated on the work

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70. polishing his boots, serving him brandy, and then waiting on him while he ate his meal

71. Noelene was in the stable, polishing a saddle

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72. John was nursing his goblet and Harald was polishing his eyeglasses

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73. As you can probably guess, this method is best used for polishing or

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74. textures may be added to improve the quality of polishing and stropping

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75. At seven o’clock each morning I would pass his shop while he would be polishing his apples

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76. As soon as the Commissioner can give him a draft outline of the report he will start polishing and finalising it

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77. His arms hung limp in the hollow formed by his legs and his hands toyed with a single straw of grass, the forefingers and thumbs moving backwards and forwards along the stem the colour of uncleaned teeth, warming, polishing it

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78. Lucy entered the hallway from the front drawing room, a rag and bowl of paste in hand for polishing the fireplace

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79. " He threw his cloth down on the boot he'd been polishing then spat on it

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80. Students of Miss Caroline, right?” Oliver said, polishing his glasses with a clean cloth he found on Alexander’s table in the foyer

81. Nathan was polishing up his Mustang when I found him outside

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82. Polishing them was a redundant task, perhaps like much of the doctrine that infected their faith

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83. sat on the front row of seats and kept polishing her nails, looking completely disinterested and

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84. remained unmoved; kept polishing her nails

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85. She hurried past the secretary who was now polishing his nails

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86. Once you die, that table will not care one speck about all the hours you wasted polishing it

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87. Idiots… polishing their armor for days and months: until it shone like mirrors

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88. Building the Cheops’s Pyramid out of white marble and polishing it so smooth that it reflected the sun; it blinded you if you looked at it

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89. It was a quiet afternoon and Norma was whiling away the time polishing the gantry

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90. Aarav turned back towards him, only to find him polishing his gun with

91. was used to fill mahogany before French polishing

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92. "man-hours" in chopping and hacking, drilling, and polishing away the injurious effects of

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93. She bought a Gothic prie-dieu, and in a month spent fourteen francs on lemons for polishing her nails; she wrote to Rouen for a blue cashmere gown; she chose one of Lheureux's finest scarves, and wore it knotted around her waist over her dressing-gown; and, with closed blinds and a book in her hand, she lay stretched out on a couch in this garb

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94. After wasting hours poring over yet another tattered, disintegrating volume we brought out of the Silvers with a title that translates roughly as The Fae Obscene, I busy myself dusting and polishing shelves and counters, then check on the weapons I’ve hidden around the store

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95. He always had the job of polishing or varnishing the coffin and assisting to take it home and to `lift in' the corpse, besides acting as one of the bearers at the funeral

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96. had had several `boxing-up' jobs to do, and Crass always did the polishing of the coffins on these occasions, besides assisting to take the `box' home when finished and to `lift in' the corpse, and afterwards he always acted as one of the bearers at the funerals

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97. For an ordinary class funeral he usually put in about three hours for the polishing; that came to one and nine

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