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How to use refinement in a sentence

29 example sentences · noun

Refinement means the act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material. Example: “His connoisseurly refinement helped him to gain our respect.”

Examples of refinement by meaning

nounA luxury.

  • Such refinements don't exist in the woods, apparently.1974 February 2, Nancy Walker, “Call of the Wild”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 32, page 11

More sentences with refinement

  • His connoisseurly refinement helped him to gain our respect.From the entry connoisseurly
  • Finally, a Tang mortuary tablet seals the impression of unity and refinement in its copious brocadelike relief.2008 June 7, Roberta Smith, “Chinese Buddhist Treasures, Written in Stone”, in New York Times. From the entry brocadelike
  • Like the Linean system for categorizing organisms, the assembly taxonomy is flexible, allowing for future refinement.2001, Kieth Alan Porter, Anne S. Kiremidjian, Assembly-Based Vulnerability of Buildings and its Uses in Seismic Performance Evaluation and…. From the entry linean
  • Further methodologic refinements may enhance the test's reliability and predictive value.1994, Lee S. Newman, “Beryllium lung disease: the role of cell-mediated immunity in pathogenesis”, in Jack H. Dean, Michael I. Luster…. From the entry intertest
  • The kiln site actually responsible for such refinement has so far not been located.[1982, Jenifer Neils, editor, The World of Ceramics: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art, Indiana University Press, →ISBN…. From the entry Zhejiang
  • The deluxe reel with every refinement including adjustable check, quick-release drum, dual checkwork, etc.1964, The Fishing Gazette [New Series] - Issues 4524-4544, page 218. From the entry checkwork
  • The features of refinement are as important as the mechanical development for the derivement of continued pleasure.1914, The Haynes Pioneer - Volume 2. From the entry derivement
  • As an example of application, we derive a new subgridding method with material traverse, arbitrary grid refinement, and guaranteed stability.2016, Fadime Bekmambetova, Xinyue Zhang, Piero Triverio, “A Dissipative Systems Theory for FDTD with Application to Stability Analysis and…. From the entry subgridding
  • That luxurious approach and that refinement disappeared in the 80's and 90's, and I fear it may be disappearing again."2006 August 6, Lynn Hirschberg, quoting Olivier Theyskens, “Is there a place for Olivier Theyskens?”, in The New York Times Magazine, New…. From the entry atelier
  • And she was deserving of this love, because of her graciousness, her refinement, her gentle-heartedness and her piety.2003, Darussalam, Child Companions around the Prophet, →ISBN, page 19. From the entry gentle-heartedness
  • But the buttocks of the Kritios Boy have a feminine refinement, as erotic as breasts in Venetian painting.1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae: Art and Decadance from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson, London; New Haven, Conn.: Yale Nota Bene, Yale…. From the entry contrapposto
  • By Han times the brushes have been radically improved in design to cope with the refinements of the "new" script.1983, Kai Chu, A Hierarchical System for Chinese Orthography with Applications to Education and Computers, University of California…. From the entry Hàn character
  • Bunting was very fond of these pictures; she thought they gave the drawing-room a note of elegance and refinement.1913, Mrs. [Marie] Belloc Lowndes, chapter II, in The Lodger, London: Methuen, →OCLC; republished in Novels of Mystery: The Lodger; The…. From the entry hang
  • Ferraris are, by and large, a special combination of power and speed smoothed over with a level of refinement other supercars can’t quite match.2020 September 19, Peter Valdes-Dapena, “I hate to say it, but Ferrari’s new convertible is worth every penny”, in CNN Business, archived…. From the entry Ferrari
  • The analysis leads to the proposal of the distinction between primary and secondary rotor cells (i.e. a refinement of the classical stator-rotor distinction).1998 March 18, Gunnar Johnsson, “Genetic aspects of the Game of Life.”, in comp.theory.cell-automata (Usenet). From the entry rotor
  • The ongoing course of tabulation will then be an open-ended process alternating between propagation of tabulae and discursive refinement of the emerging tabular structure.1992, Randall Whitaker, Venues for Contexture: A Critical Analysis and Enactive Reformulation of Group Decision Support Systems, page 157. From the entry tabula
  • Other similarities include both these artists' brilliance as polystylists, their scope, their personal conservatism and refinement, plus the technical innovations that melded expression and tradition.1992, Walter Sorell, The Dance Has Many Faces, page 168. From the entry polystylist
  • A pretty country girl, brisk and industrious, might lack the worldly polish and refinement necessary to shine in Crailsboro society, but Mr.1938 February 12, Sophie Kerr, “Cupboard Lover”, in Saturday Evening Post, volume 210, number 33, via EBSCOhost, →ISSN, page 42. From the entry Gabe
  • There was an innate refinement, a languid queenly hauteur about Gerty which was unmistakably evidenced in her delicate hands and higharched instep.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 13]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC. From the entry queenly
  • A fine-scale denticulated molding in the cornice, repeated elsewhere in the exterior wood trim, lends an air of exceptional richness and refinement.1920, Frank Cousins, Phil M. Riley, The Colonial Architecture of Philadelphia, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company. From the entry molding
  • He perceived more clearly the cruelty of Nature, to whom our refinement and piety are but as bubbles, hurrying downwards on the turbid waters.1907, E.M. Forster, The Longest Journey, Part II, XXIII [Uniform ed., p. 217]. From the entry turbid
  • Yet these increasingly hypertrophic forms of masculinity existed in tension with ideals of obedience, courtesy, cultural refinement and charity that were still viewed as markers of the ‘gentleman’.2012, Christopher Clark, The Sleepwalkers, Penguin, published 2013, page 360. From the entry hypertrophic
  • In regions of S where the packings become more deeply embedded in purely hexagonal generations during refinement, the local dilatation approaches 1 and the maps become progressively more conformal.2004, Philip L. Bowers, Kenneth Stephenson, Uniformizing Dessins and Bely? Maps Via Circle Packing, American Mathematical Society, page 77. From the entry conformal
  • From the pale refinement of her genteel heroine to the sallow complexioning of poor white trash, Stowe colors her narrative with the hues of the body.2003, Leland Krauth, Mark Twain & Company: Six Literary Relations, page 118. From the entry complexion
  • The servants in the hall tonight are whitely-wigged black slaves in livery of a certain grade of satin and refinement of lace,– black Major-domos and black Soubrettes.1997, Thomas Pynchon, Mason & Dixon. From the entry soubrette
  • During this period of Japanese history, suiseki, as well as the tea ceremony, flower arrangement, bonsai, calligraphy, literature, painting, music, and architecture, attained new levels of refinement and perfection.1995, Arts of Asia - Volume 25, Issues 1-3, page 98. From the entry suiseki
  • After much waving of arms I discover that—although meals of a sort are furnished—you are expected to provide your own dishes, if, indeed, you anticipate this refinement in eating.1991, Harry Partch, “Bitter Music”, in Thomas McGeary, editor, Bitter Music: Collected Journals, Essays, Introductions, and Librettos…. From the entry fainaigue
  • It appears that lack of funding and control led to the demise of this program, but that with further refinement the idea has merit especially within an Aboriginally-controlled justice system.1991, Jim Harding, An Annotated Bibliography of Aboriginal-controlled Justice Programs in Canada, page 80. From the entry aboriginally

Meaning of refinement

  1. noun The act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material.
  2. noun High-class style; cultivation.
  3. noun A fine or subtle distinction.

Full definition of refinement

Questions about refinement in a sentence

How do you use refinement in a sentence?
Refinement is used as a noun. For example: “His connoisseurly refinement helped him to gain our respect.”
What is a short sentence with refinement?
“Such refinements don't exist in the woods, apparently.”
What does refinement mean?
Refinement means the act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material.

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