This is a people's instrument; attempts at high polish are rarely successful.
Probably over one hundred years old, it had an octagonal barrel, shined to a high polish.
Dressed very neatly, a high polish to his shoes.
And guilt, as all we Puritans know, can put a very high polish on a day.
The Eighth had bluntness to its energy, not high polish.
The heartwood is hard, dense, and takes a high polish.
Everything was rather unhinged, and the high polish of the Italian openings just a week ago seemed like light years away.
The bell itself had been shined to a high polish.
George's music has a crisp texture, a high polish to the sound.
However presumptuous the name, it stuck, giving a high polish to an image already burned into national consciousness.
The sand-colored marble floor had been polished to a high sheen.
The individual numbers and performances don't all have the high sheen that, say, those in the revival of "Chicago" had when it first opened.
Except for the new tiles' slightly higher sheen, their presence is almost undetectable.
The mirror was of plastic, but had been polished to a high sheen.
A high sheen on a colored wall will make it stand out in greater relief.
Manners polished to a high sheen, Susan stepped forward, smiled.
His armor was burnished to a higher sheen than ever before.
They'd be polished to a high sheen by Saturday.
When the floor is thoroughly clean and well rinsed, you may want to polish it to get a higher sheen.
The black shoes he would wear were polished to a high sheen, his reflection clearly visible in them.