Examples of use of burnished
1. At Appomattox, Lee wore a burnished sword and embroidered gauntlets.
2. David Hare – who better?– has adapted and burnished Gorky‘s original text.
3. The fittings on the three floors are burnished wood, etched glass and brass.
4. It‘s not yet clear whether all this has burnished Bush‘s image.
5. Presumably they weren‘t moved particularly by the long–standing and highly burnished critical reputation of Mr.