Examples of “burnish” in a Sentence

verb To rub a surface until it is smooth and shiny.

• In pottery, a stone is sometimes used to burnish a pot before firing, giving it a smooth, shiny look.

verb To make someone or something look more impressive or respected.

• Bonnie Parker helped burnish her own image. — Laura Browder, Maid Marians and Bad Mothers: From the Gungirls of the 1920s to the Gangsters of the 1930s (2006)
• Desperate to burnish her legacy, Louise pleads her case for higher status based on her achievements on Earth as a philanthropist, artist, and occasional royal rebel. — Geo Takach, War of the Wild Roses (2016)