Instead, things were polished smooth, carved with rounded sides, or woven in broad lines and shapes.

The pink stone walls were polished smooth by years of shoulders passing.

Some of the stones were polished smooth, while others were newly fallen and jagged.

When first carved, the surface of the moai was polished smooth by rubbing with pumice.

The floor was polished smooth, and there was a subtle hum surrounding them.

He tried to find a handhold, a place where he could anchor himself, but the rock was polished smooth by the river.

The threshold at the opening had been polished smooth by the passage of many feet over the years.

The tatami under his bare feet was polished smooth by the many thousands of other feet that had walked upon it.

Walls and ceiling were polished smooth to reflect shadowy images of everything within them.

The floors and corridors have been polished smooth by daily cleaning for hundreds of years.