Examples of use of smarten
1. This is not the first effort to force civil servants to smarten up their act.
2. Dressed in a black vest, dark denim jeans, and carrying a pair of stilettos in her hands, Amy had made some effort to smarten up her appearance.
3. Beijing city administrators want to smarten up the cab industry with fewer than 500 days before the 2008 Summer Games begin.
4. Jan 17, 2006 (KHARTOUM) Khartoums usually slow–paced city centre is a hive of activity as impoverished Sudan rushes to smarten up its rundown capital for next weeks African Union summit, the first major gathering here in almost three decades.
5. What is RSS? ‘Throwing her weight around‘: L‘Wren Scott She may be a stylist to the stars, but Mick Jagger‘s girlfriend L‘Wren Scott has ruffled a few feathers with her attempts to smarten up the Rolling Stones.