How to Use varnish in a Sentence

varnish

noun

• She accidentally scratched the varnish.
• The Wachters spoke of the many that have caught fire, sometimes due to the varnish used on the wooden ships.
  — Linda Gandee/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 10 July 2017
• The pieces are then finished with matte paint and a coat of varnish.
  — Alexa Brazilian, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2024
• Hailey Bieber is the latest celeb to make a case for red nail varnish.
  — Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 3 Nov. 2022
• The process involves spraying on a durable varnish, rather than paint.
  — Marissa Hermanson, Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2022
• These scented candles have notes of wood and varnish to evoke their book-laden dream home.
  — Carina Finn, Bon Appétit, 1 Dec. 2023
• The sentences are laid on like varnish, coat after coat, until the text gleams with a high shine.
  — Ryu Spaeth, The New Republic, 4 May 2018
• Use a holesaw to cut the drink-holder holes, and finish the veneered ring with three coats of polyurethane varnish.
  — Neal Barrett, Popular Mechanics, 7 Aug. 2021
• The other varnish was added after the painting was stolen.
  — Anne Ryman, The Arizona Republic, 7 June 2022
• The varnish on the cabinets above the stove began bubbling.
  — Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2021
• But Iowa stripped Penn State’s high-flying offense of its varnish.
  — Scott Dochterman, ajc, 24 Sep. 2017
• Hidden beneath the varnish was an adult rattlesnake, stretched out full length.
  — Barbara Henry, sandiegouniontribune.com, 7 June 2018
• First, the researchers needed to remove the varnish to avoid mixed ages from two different sources.
  — The Economist, 8 June 2019
• Each plate takes 10 minutes to expose, prep, and develop and then 30 mins to clean, dry, and then it is sealed with varnish and an open flame.
  — Mallory Carra, Teen Vogue, 6 Feb. 2020
• The varnish strengthens it against the weather and prevent cracks, splinters, and warping.
  — Emma Bazilian, House Beautiful, 15 June 2023
• What’s more, a layer of varnish had settled over the painting’s surface.
  — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Dec. 2023
• The woodworker had carved a channel into the oak board and slid the snake inside before putting the finishing coats of varnish on the piece.
  — Barbara Henry, sandiegouniontribune.com, 7 June 2018
• But the formaldehyde-free conversion varnish isn’t so durable.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2022
• Coat wood with clear varnish to protect the handwriting from the elements.
  — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 23 Mar. 2023
• On the dressing table were bottles of nail varnish, face lotion, pots of cream, and boxes of powder.
  — Michael Hofmann, Harper's Magazine, 27 Oct. 2020
• The second step is to apply several coats of a matte varnish.
  — Michelle Higgins, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2018
• From Deborah Lippmann’s lavender varnish to Chantecaille's light pink lacquer, here are 9 of the to give you a boost as the season goes on.
  — Jenna Rennert, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2020
• On the exterior, the lowrider’s delicate chrome and gold plating sparkles against the car’s rich, olive-green varnish.
  — Natalie Arroyo Camacho, refinery29.com, 12 Sep. 2023
• The recent share-price performance for some of the world’s largest cosmetics and skin-care product makers needs no varnish.
  — Jacky Wong, WSJ, 21 June 2018
• Perhaps a dozen small shopkeepers sell paint, varnish and hardware to the artisans, as well as to passing trade.
  — The Economist, 24 Feb. 2018
• Pampering, for most boat owners, means the occasional wash and wax, an oil change, and perhaps a fresh coat of varnish for the woodwork.
  — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 12 May 2023
• Above the cluttered workbench hang three perfect mandolins glowing in the morning light, waiting for their varnish to cure.
  — Maria L. La Ganga, idahostatesman, 21 Dec. 2017
• The signature of the artist and the date 1634 (four years earlier than originally thought) were hidden under varnish on the curtain at the top of the painting.
  — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Dec. 2023
• Chemists have also scrutinized the red varnish that Stradivari started using in the 1690s.
  — Chuck Squatriglia, Popular Science, 10 Jan. 2020
• In time, there’s oxidized nutty notes, then leather oils which stray towards varnish.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 14 July 2023

Last Updated: 28 May 2024