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Recent Examples of buff
Noun
From clothing and jewelry to home decor, Elvira remains an alternative pin-up, popular with movie buffs and goth culture vultures alike. Lina Lecaro, HollywoodReporter, 16 Aug. 2025 Brown spirit buffs will delight in the Oscar Getz Museum of Whiskey History. Karla Walsh, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
Original price: $8.99 Tree Hut shea sugar body scrubs use real sugar to gently buff away dry skin while shea butter and a blend of natural oils – including avocado and sweet almond – deeply moisturize. Nora Colomer May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 19 Aug. 2025 Her makeup was equally as playful, consisting of inky eyeliner buffed on her eyelids and drawn in her waterline, baby pink blush on her cheekbones, thin brows and a brown-mauve lip shade. Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 9 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for buff
Recent Examples of Synonyms for buff
Noun
  • Monteverde’s cloud forest is a haven for nature lovers, with canopy walks and wildlife encounters that will delight young and old alike.
    Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Last March, Mariah The Scientist allegedly came to blows with Young Thug’s former lover, Cleopatra Dues, at an Atlanta lounge.
    DeMicia Inman, VIBE.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • For Lopez’s lips, Casillas dipped into a palette of mauves, browns and pinks, lining the outer edges of her mouth with the darker shades before using a glossy nude to fill in the space.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Fischl referenced the great Greek athletic nudes, such as Myron’s discus thrower, to achieve not just the portrayal of continuous energetic motion but also the suggestion that great human athleticism is about a stopping point, calculated containment.
    Sally Jenkins, The Atlantic, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Dip a paper towel or cloth in the jelly, then rub a thin layer all over the surface.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
  • And while it was expected the two sides would part ways this offseason, first-year Jets head coach Aaron Glenn rubbed Rodgers the wrong way after an awkward meeting between the two to discuss their future together.
    Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Given their stature, facilities and squad, this team is a rough diamond waiting to be polished.
    Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Plenty of brands already offer or are transitioning to TPO-free formulas that contain different photoinitiators (a chemical that ​​makes gel polishes cure under a lamp instead of air-drying like regular polish) such as TPO-L, BAPO, or other resin initiators.
    Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This is the same lineup, full of younger and mostly unproven players, that has kept the Rangers on the fringe of the wild card spot, a point of irritation among fans.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Sep. 2025
  • One of her biggest, most vocal fans, Ariana Grande, presented the pop legend with the honor.
    Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Williams, a 77-year-old Alaskan Athabascan Indian who has lived in East Oakland since the early 1970s, finds plenty of reasons to despise the artwork, the most visceral being its nudity.
    Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
  • These violations, perpetrated primarily against Ukrainian prisoners of war, include genital violence such as electrocution, beatings and burns to the genitals, and forced stripping and prolonged nudity, used to humiliate and elicit confessions or information.
    Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The companies that scale beyond pilots don’t try to sand away every rough edge.
    Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Even the DeSantis administration might have some qualms about sanding off crosswalk markings within sight of the club where 49 people died in the early morning hours of June 12, 2016.
    Orlando Sentinel Editorial Board, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The bottoms feature a wide, high-waistband for a smoothing appearance and are subtly flared at the hem, offering a leg-lengthening look.
    Melony Forcier, Travel + Leisure, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Infused with amino peptides to firm and smooth the skin, niacinamide to nourish the skin barrier, and hyaluronic acid for a plumping touch, Olay’s lifting cream offers moisture with an extra dose of rejuvenating benefits.
    Jenny Berg, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2025

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