furbishes

present tense third-person singular of furbish

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for furbishes
Verb
  • The single-button power control is a favorite feature of our reviewer Williams, as well as the fluffy optic cleaner head that cleans and polishes her hard floors.
    Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Next, the gel polishes themselves had to work with the specific wavelengths of the Olive & June lamp.
    Megan McIntyre, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Ray, grateful for the distraction, rubs my Lab behind his ears and tells me how much Michelle loved dogs.
    Ted Katauskas, Outside, 23 Sep. 2025
  • As the moon clashes with Mars, a partner’s behavior rubs you the wrong way.
    USA TODAY, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The night serum visibly smooths wrinkles, reduces fine lines, and soothes the appearance of dark circles and uneven skin tone.
    Gabriela Izquierdo, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Infused with honey from the Mirsalehi bee garden in Amsterdam, the formula simultaneously hydrates and smoothes strands with every spritz.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Best Time to Visit While Lenox, Massachusetts, shines in all four seasons, the town truly shines in the fall, when the maples, oaks, and birches in the area turn fiery colors.
    Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Beyond this, chromium shines in decorative chrome plating for automobiles, fixtures, and machinery.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • On top of that, Free People dresses, Madewell jeans, and more are on sale.
    Alyssa Grabinski, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Varda dresses her up as Joan of Arc, Caravaggio’s Bacchus, the Virgin Mary, a cowboy, and a flamenco dancer, as if to suggest that Birkin’s mystery is itself a symbol, one as important to modern culture as Renaissance painting and the mother of Christ.
    Anahid Nersessian, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
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