spruce

Before you discard a distribution for looking dull, run a few searches to see if it can be spruced up.

Pyongyang is the show city, spruced up for the celebrations and visiting media, yet it remains dingy away from a few main streets.

And the city has been spruced up, even though some of the new stuff is already starting to look frayed in places, and is of dubious taste.

They were all spruced up for the party.

Finally, the business plan needs to be spruced up and made presentable.

Tell the children to get spruced up for their mother's birthday party.

Let me help you get ail spruced up for the party.

The spruced-up Brandenburg Gate today marks the heart of Berlin's bustling, elegant center.

He got spruced up for his interview with the international company.

A fresh coat of paint and a spruced-up bathroom make any home look better, even one that has gone through foreclosure.

Jack spruced himself up before he went out on his date.

Most of the militiamen are still armed and zealous but ill-trained; today's spruced-up Iraqi security forces could probably crush them.

If you look up around this campus now, you'll see a lot of construction, a lot of things are being spruced up and improved.

Root around your home for items you no longer want that can be spruced up and re-sold.

The exterior of the Atlas control center at CERN is spruced up with physics-appropriate artwork.

Although the furniture has been spruced up since I stayed, the emphasis remains on unique architecture as opposed to guest comfort levels.

Crumbling neighborhoods have been spruced up with fresh coats of paint.

He spruced himself up for the party.

Archaeological sites were spruced up, spanking new buildings erected.

They all spruced up for the party.

Boeing's spruced-up military version of its 737 jet will be used by the Navy to conduct anti-submarine warfare and gather intelligence.

He spruced up the chairs with new slipcovers .

Zhu simply enjoys getting spruced up and feeling "cool" .

Several of the buildings in Alberta iela have been spruced up since I first saw them in 1992.

The spruced-up planes would enter service in about five years' time, extending the models' lives until around 2025.

Ms Mayer, who has also spruced up Yahoo's news and e-mail apps in recent months, has neither time nor money to spare.

It has been rebuilt and spruced up.

Officials ordered12, 000 buildings to be repainted in 2007, with a further 8, 000 to be spruced up this year.

I always keep my room spruced-up.

She spruced herself before she went out.

Sichuan cities to be spruced up

Spruced up with green quite nicely