Chris Christie

Mom spent the time that she was supposed to be a kid actully raising children, her younger brother and younger sister. She was tough as nails and did not suffer fools at all. And the truth was she could not afford to. She spoke the truth, bluntly, directly, and without much varnish. I am her son.

American Politician

Barry McGee

For me, graffiti means making marks on surfaces using just about anything, be it markers, spray, paint, chalk, lipstick, varnish, ink. Or it can be the result of scratches and incisions. The aim is to maintain the energy created by disturbance or excitement in the street.

American Artist

Andrew Lansley

I was shadow health secretary for six years, and the beauty of being in opposition - if there is any beauty - is that you tend to get a pretty unvarnished view because no one bothers to paint the coal white before you turn up.

British Politician

Edwin Catmull

A hallmark of a healthy creative culture is that its people feel free to share ideas, opinions, and criticisms. Our decision-making is better when we draw on the collective knowledge and unvarnished opinions of the group.

American Scientist

Laurie Graham

I'm thankful my parents obliged me to live with the unvarnished truth: I might not have been a looker, but I was a better speller than the prettiest girl in my class, and I was funnier, too.

English Journalist

John Rhys-Davies

I do not want to see a society where, should I ever have any, my granddaughters have their fingernails pulled out because they are wearing nail varnish.

Welsh Actor

Cenk Uygur

The older generation grew up on blow-dried anchors, plastic politicians, and an ocean of pretense. Realness seems unvarnished and unpolished to them.

Turkish Lawyer

Michael Arrington

I always try to find the truth in a situation. That unvarnished, pure nugget of truth at the core of every issue that I write about.

American Businessman

LeVar Burton

The unvarnished truth is that we have spent the last decade funding the machinery of war, and our children have been sacrificed.

American Actor

Carrie Snow

Civilization is hideously fragile and there's not much between us and the horrors underneath, just about a coat of varnish.

American Comedian

Varnish is often mentioned in contexts where protection and preservation are important.

Protective Layer

Varnish is primarily used on wood, but can also be used on other materials.

Wood Finishing

The word indicates not just protection but also aesthetic improvement.

Visual Transformation

When 'varnish' is a verb, it refers to the act of applying this substance.

Application Process

Using 'varnish' highlights the desired outcome, which is often a glossy finish.

Result-Oriented

Here, 'varnish' metaphorically suggests covering up flaws or negative aspects.

Hiding the Truth

This usage often carries a critical tone, implying disapproval of the deception.

Critical Tone

It's an idiomatic expression, so don't use it in formal writing unless metaphorically.

Idiomatic Usage

 you suddenly see another, different lady, aged lady, I should rather say. There is a lot of varnish still sitting there, several retouches, and some over cleaning. It becomes very visible. But also, technology has helped to write new pages of our history, or at least to update pages of our histories.

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 then recapped the lens that was basically their shudder they rushed it back to the dark room before the plate dry develop it right away wash it and then they would have to varnish that plate after a dried that's what preserve that image on there and it was on there forever

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 suddenly see another different lady age lady I should rather say there is a lot of varnish still sitting there several retouches and some over cleaning it becomes very visible but also technology has helped to light new pages of our history or at least to update pages

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 also emphasizes the worldliness of the merchant class, and the pearl itself, a symbol of wealth, is actually an exaggeration. Vermeer couldn't have afforded a real pearl of its size. It was likely just a glass or tin drop varnished to look like a pearl.

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 We heard about the atmosphere as a thin layer of varnish. Life itself is just a thin coat of paint on this planet. And we're the ones that hold the paintbrush. And how can we do that? The key to our domination of the planet is culture.

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 To recover the original, the conservator began removing the outer varnish coat. Varnish is commonly used to protect paintings from debris and make their colors pop. But the natural varnishes past restorers applied eventually darkened,

Can you guess what's...

 eyes a coat of clear acrylic varnish is applied over the top of the eye and it gets even cured to seal it finally a buff and polish gives us a nice glossy finish and the appearance of a living eye the expected lifespan of an

Making an Artificial Eye...

 the science is complex but it boils down to this an infrared camera can photograph details we can't see when the camera peered through the paintings darkened varnish it detected something unusual about Mona's attire

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 What we see of the real world is not the unvarnished world, but a model of the world, regulated and adjusted by sense data, but constructed so it's useful for dealing with the real world.

Why the universe seems...

 said for anyone no time for I have no time for her and then I played it for and then that's when she said she began to cry a little bit the unvarnished