How To Use Finish In A Sentence

The finishing line may be in sight but the final lap is shaping up to be an epic battle. Times, Sunday Times
Said hi also to a few of the guys from Aereogramme after they'd finished up, but wasn't actually sure of who was there from Chemikal Underground or what they look like, so I was basically floating around and looking glaikit until Mags pointed out the Newsnight crew, and the nice interviewer man figured out who I was. Archive 2007-02-01
You can't help thinking that the promise of that final inspection adds a little extra sparkle to the finished product. Times, Sunday Times
The band finished with a few slow dances.
Receiving the round initial in the third quarter, the Rams would put together the 10-play, 61-yard expostulate immoderate 5 mins as great as finishing it off with the 6-yard TD pass from Stefkovich to So, TE, Joe Migliarese (Blue Bell, Pa.) to tighten the measure to twenty-nine twenty-eight TU. Archive 2009-12-01

The Chinese Dragon Boat Festival is a significant holiday celebrated in China, and the one with the longest history. The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated by boat races in the shape of dragons. Competing teams row their boats forward to a drumbeat racing to reach the finish end first.
'If he _has not fulfilled_ his promise to write,' but 'If he _did not write_ as he undertook to do' ([Greek: _egrapsen huposchomenos_]); nor 'If he _has commenced and finished_,' but 'If he _commenced and finished_' ([Greek: _arxamenos sunetelese_]). A Reply to Dr. Lightfoot's Essays
Consequently many penalties are cleared just before the finish. Times, Sunday Times
the game was finished in regulation time
The gnomes in the back room are putting the finishing touches to the new software.
Finishing the mission so our troops will not have died in vain is the most screwed up thing I have ever heard. Think Progress » 9%.
The styles are simple, with set-in shoulders, pared-down forms and the type of finish you might expect from ready-to-wear. When Just Any Old Lycra Won't Do
She's obviously much more interested in the process than in the finished work.
He said the long term vision of the ginnery is to establish a fully fledged textile industry, which will produce finished materials if the company started producing more lint than what the customers could take.
The Centenier finished his coffee, while Holmes selected and filled his briar pipe.
On the seventh floor there is a big tea room where you can watch television and get a coffee while you wait for us to finish with Jason so you can give him a lift home.
Then finish the walk at a slower pace. Living with Angina
The narrator is somewhat sardonic about his guests and is perhaps influenced by the three whiskies he's had and the cleanskin he's finishing up with.
The two males held their silence as she finished, all the noise ceased apart from the soft pad of hooves in the night air.
It was taxing to repeat the performance, and took nearly twice as long to finish drawing the sigils and runes.
The oak is hand stained with red, yellow, blue and green and then given an antique finish.
In the men's 4 x 200-metre relay team, he finished seventh.
He finished stretching when he was a beanpole, roughly three meters, or eight or nine feet.
The Chinese Dragon Boat Festival is a significant holiday celebrated in China, and the one with the longest history. The Dragon Boat Festival is celebrated by boat races in the shape of dragons. Competing teams row their boats forward to a drumbeat racing to reach the finish end first.
You know, when the Beatles started there was a record company guy who said electric guitar music was finished.
We had khaki overalls but when we finished our shift, we were covered from head to toe in white dust.
Finishing beef on grass presents a unique challenge to this re-emerging enterprise.
Finish your homework first, then wash my car.
Once again, sorry if I sped things up too quickly, but I can't change my desire to get this story finished.
J.C. nodded and I followed him down into the dark dankness of Zacharis' unfinished basement. The Dog Catcher
The predatory player ran through to finish sweetly.
Surfaces painted with semi-gloss or eggshell finish paints are easier to clean than flat-finish paints.
This worked fine on the old keypunches that punched each column as you typed it, but the newer keypunches waited until you finished the 80th column and then punched the entire card.
The 19-year-old from Withington is waiting to finish university before having a bust enhancement.
The tension has been telling on both sides as campaign strategists struggle to identify potential winning themes, not to mention winning voters, in their headlong sprint to the finish.
On Saturday we finished the fencing, stapling sheep netting to the rails, and on Sunday gave the pig ark and the old chook ark a coat of water-based preservative.
Brahms finished off his sacred choral music with the Op. 110 motets, another trilogy.
Petrocelli Monday afternoon began an aggressive cross-examination after Simpson finished five hours of gentle questioning by his own lawyer Friday and Monday.
Finish the dish by adding the chopped sage, some olive oil, mascarpone and parmesan. Times, Sunday Times
When the Ministers have said the Gloria at the altar, they go to sit in the sanctuary until the choir has finished singing.
If a series is trying to get it dead right, then it is on the researcher's integrity that the quality of the finished work depends.
His objective was to finish by October.
Taormina fell behind with a rough start in fencing, which is new to her, but made up the gap quickly in the swim and overhauled the leaders in the run to finish with 5,704 points in her debut. USATODAY.com - Athlete of the Week breezes through Windy City
Cotton chintz is firm and the finishing treatment helps shed stains and soil.
DON'T use dish detergent which contains harsh chemicals that are intended to cut grease and will strip away the wax finish. The Sun
He showed his athletism by becoming the Bearkats 'all-time leader in total offense with 6,159 yards and finished second in the nation in the Football Championship Subdivision with 354.2 total yards per game as a senior. Undefined
Mexico, Ecuador finish in scoreless draw at New Meadowlands Stadium Soccer News: MLS, U.S., World & World Cup Scores, Standing & Scores
Last season they finished top of their group in the UEFA Cup and few would bet against them emulating that achievement this season.
Katie finished with a flourish, pushing Cody out of the way and walking with a purpose to the reception area.
Marathon runners will take to Sukhumvit Highway southbound towards Sattahip before returning to the finish line.
I was fed up of having to avoid certain foods and when I finished the chicken I felt guilty.
An identifying phrase that probably Goss himself inscribed on the photograph identifies the white substance as gunite, a solution of cement and water used as a finisher.
Stop messing with the spoon and finish your breakfast.
He had never finished higher than fifth in an international championship.
Hopefully his dad has showed up because he's finished work. Times, Sunday Times
Her own short-term future centres on finishing her next book, which is due for publication next spring. Times, Sunday Times
The dual texture will give the dense pigments of a matte lippy plus a plump satin finish. The Sun
Dalgliesh thought that the design would have been more successful if the fagade had been balanced by extended bays, but either inspiration or money had ran out and the house looked curiously unfinished. She Closed Her Eyes
The series is so competitive that an extra second on a pit stop or getting through traffic on the racetrack can mean the difference between finishing first or fourth.
So she attended a finishing school. Times, Sunday Times
Emmett ran a good race to finish in fifth place with a ‘Personal Best’ of 4 minutes 2 seconds.
Surely the time for karaoke cover singers is finished? The Sun
The dual texture will give the dense pigments of a matte lippy plus a plump satin finish. The Sun
Once finished, a titan claws its way from the ground and starts off on a tear towards your enemy's town, where it slaughters anything in its path.
It was a grandstand finish to a game in which West Ham were second best. The Sun
The finishing touch was a sculpture of a 7ft high stork, complete with baby, made by metal artist Peter Robinson.
He says the most sublime things without effort and he often finishes them by a turn of pleasantry which is neither misplaced nor far-fetched. A Philosophical Dictionary
Above all else, the Monte Carlo Rally is so legendary because of how difficult it is to finish, let alone win. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph
The competitors were close together at the finish.
I juz came back frm skol .. finished the stupid bio test & emaths tutorial ... wah. Whiteplum Diary Entry
Might it not be some terrible avenger, out of the mystery beyond life, placed to beset him and finish him finally on this road that he was convinced was surely the death-road? CHAPTER XXXVI
This continues to be your firm fave - winning for the third year in a row for its full-on coverage and matte finish. The Sun
I meant painted in the sense of a pigmented cementitious finish that is applied to the surface of the brick before firing. Green Building Elements: Brick
Elegantly erotic statues stood once more in alcoves around the room, and the massive murals were nearly finished.
I'm just finishing my homework - it won't take long.
Designers use floral in monotones with unusual checks and stripes, silky and lustrous finishes, transparence and illusion placements with a hint of skin in the collection.
Although the work in the compiler is not finished, Wiz also takes time to create some new spells to help common folk to deal with magical threats. Reflective Surface - The Wizardry Compiled
Before marriage, a man will lie awake thinking about something you said; after marriage , he'll fall asleep before you finish saying it. Helen Rowland
Unfinished hems and bulky vertical exterior seams retained an air of elegance, their rough finish somehow marrying perfectly with the slinky lines of dresses and skirts. Times, Sunday Times
If we'd gone much further it would have been dark before we finished all this rigmarole.
The two women became friends, and when Jackson's health began to fail, she left her unfinished manuscript in Lotty's hands with instructions about how it was to be arranged.
not quite finished
Finishing the task will not be easy.
I'll touch you, all the same, even if they hurt, because I too have to do what I want to doas soon as your menstruation is finished. Where Women Make History: Gendered Tellings of Community and Change in Magude, Mozambique
When they had finished their work, they went to deathlike sleep.
After the recording is finished, the tape rewinds and the deck starts scanning for commercials.
Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., said military leaders wanted troops to remain through the end of 2012 to finish off the fighting season and give them the best chance to debilitate the Taliban. Military leaders: Drawdown plan aggressive
True to form, the finished 2003 wines delivered record-breaking levels of tannin, sugar and alcohol; many châteaux have made clarets weighing in at 15 per cent-plus alcohol, as in Australia and California.
A Swindon doctor and marathon runner looks set to finish the ultimate endurance test in the Sahara Desert.
The blind man had finished his song; he began thrumming the strings again and singing amusing ballads.
The ninth-place finisher in other words, the first person to lose Saturday nets a cool $1.25 million. SFGate: Top News Stories
Far from deterred, Denier Bud said he had just put the finishing touches on what he considered to be his “best work” so far, a twenty-two-episode, two-hour-and-twenty-two-minute opus entitled Buchenwald: A Dumb Dumb Portrayal of Evil. The Lampshade
It was an absolute hell trying to get this report finished on time.
This gave an unblended, block finish. The Sun
A nation should restrict its foreign trade so that it exported more finished goods than it imported.
To finish the portrait, the bearing of the gracious Duncan was brief, bluff, and consequential, and the upward turn of his short copper-coloured nose indicated that he was somewhat addicted to wrath and usquebaugh. The Heart of Mid-Lothian
It is however possible to compress the cell packs subsequent to their formation and prior to inserting them into their final container to expel at least a proportion of their electrolyte which will reduce the amount of electrolyte which needs to be gassed off in the finished cells.
Keeping the edge wet is most important for gloss and eggshell, as is smoothing off with gentle finishing strokes.
The program started off ascetically with "Six Studies in English Folksong" which the program warned us were "very melancholic," continued with a song cycle for violin and tenor called "Along the Field" to poems by A.E. Houseman, and finished off the first half with insanely Pre-Raphaelite lushness to a song cycle set to Dante Gabriel Rosetti poems called "The House of Life. Thomas Glenn Sings Vaughan Williams
The next morning Britt woke me up and told me she had already finished my packing since I had everything already laid out for it.
He finished with 18 aces and 41 service winners, and won despite breaking serve just twice.
My boyfriend was threatening to finish with me.
That said, one of the easiest finishes I know about for hardwoods like poplar is Danish oil. Applying finish to furniture with real luster
To finish off the breathtaking site, a fountain of stone stood in the center, water gently cascading down the rock in the center.
Glisten breastpin, no matter you fasten it on collar or hair, can have the effect that make the finishing point.
McCarthy is only 19 years old and to reach a World final and finish fifth is a remarkable achievement.
When your programme is fully finished, continue to weigh each day for a few months.
He had almost finished this particular cow and the bucket was full almost to the brim, in fact some of the deep froth (the sign of a good milker) was almost but not quite spilling over.
Sir Alex Ferguson feels the notion of a Premier League play-off system to allow clubs finishing outside the top four to compete for a Champions League place is "harebrained". ESPNsoccernet
Coaches are not paid to take their foot off the gas with the finishing line in sight. Times, Sunday Times
The bows will give a feminine finish to the curtains.
It was funny, butwhen I was going to school for ANOC for my E-7 I almost didn't finish, I only had 6 years to go and with only one E-7 in commo I thought "no use" but went ahead. A Commercial for Christmas
It's also much more expensive to clean up and much more damaging to the proprietor seen as they usually cannot use a room I've just vacated - not until the fumigators have finished anyway.
The team from Nicholas and Co, of Malvern, completed the final tuning of the organ's 1,000 pipes, with the ‘tonal finishing’.
When the rest are building their bothies and huts, these have finished preparing their food and drink. The Ancient Irish Epic Tale Táin Bó Cúalnge
He had tasted it as a prisoner of war in Germany, and the wine, a thimbleful in a mustard jar, was underripe and short on the finish. Singing of France's Unsung Chenin Blanc
After finishing the heap of homework I had, I let myself fall into bed, dozing off the moment my head hit the soft feathered pillow.
The new bridge has been finished two years ahead of schedule.
As soon as we finished setting up our tent, we hightailed it to the main strip.
Finish with the butter and season with the salt and cayenne pepper. Times, Sunday Times
The result is a dewy, non-greasy finish. Times, Sunday Times
While doing my best to be a good guest and finish the refreshing coconut milk, Alvin handed me what proved to be the tastiest guava I've ever consumed. Joseph Satto: Slow Food, Caribbean Style
Add cooked red onion slices and finish with a dash of olive oil. Times, Sunday Times
You can finish the longest road step by step. But you may be unable to finish the shortest road if you have no action of striding.
After two spectacular flameouts in two decades, it looked as if the company's antidiabetes program was finished.
Annabelle finished the sonnet with one soft rippling sound on the higher notes and then a single dong of two of the lowest.
To wrap up the project, the artist visits the studio and signs the finished sculptures.
Wash it and dry it so that later washings, once the quilt is finished and used, won't shrink your coverlet out of shape.
The dash is nicely finished in silver metal effect and there are plenty of cubbyholes for storage, even a shelf above the driver's head, although the glovebox is tiny.
When Hawkins missed a difficult green the colour finished hanging over a corner pocket and Parrott was left in a full ball snooker.
He jokes with him on the phone, finishes the call and continues at the point that he left off.
Grunting, he picked up one sack, bearing it with him as he finished the circuit of the booths.
Again, he was drawn away from the pace and did well to finish fourth. The Sun
He places the finished drink, a macchiato, on the counter.
In the time that she makes me wait (she's finishing her pinkie toe), I think about how I could learn a thing or two from her: she with the hang-loose curls on her head and liberated legs (she's wearing cut-offs). French Word-A-Day:
Tina would bike to her mother's work at the end of the day and wait for her to finish.
Since it turned out I spent more time procrastinating instead of actually doing anything, I decided to finally finish my Bachelor of Arts degree.
The synthesis of steroid hormones involves many chemical steps from cholesterol to finished product.
He then used the flat iron to bump the ends for a modern edgy finish.
The palate is an opulent offering of warm and delectable flavors that last long into the impressive finish.
However hungry I am, I never seem to be able to finish off a whole pizza.
Where a surface was unlikely to be seen but nonetheless required a finish, it was tinned.
Kate Augusto, Danielle Capalbo and Nick Mendez report that Ayman Nour, a leading political dissident in Egypt, has decided to return to prison and finish his sentence in order to dramatize what he calls the Egyptian government's ongoing lack of respect for democratic values. Archive 2009-05-01
Others talk about unfinished business or even revenge, if someone they know was killed.
My diary entries from that period are full of half-finished sentences.
Finally finishing her speech she uttered a few last words.
At first glance, Ryan's drawings look like half-finished sketches, with faint pencil marks still visible in the finished picture.
The carriage teetered precariously as he moved to take a seat opposite her and they stared at each other in a calming silence as she drank, but once she finished, the cup fell from her loose fingers and clattered loudly on the floor.
Fortunately we have completed all of the suit study trials, have collected a bunch of rock samples for the microfossil and extremophile studies, and have finished work on the telescope, so we are in good shape, but there's still plenty of data analysis to do on those projects and lots of GPS tracking and geotagging yet to do. Reminder: Paul's and Laksen's blogs
And this finished, self-cleaning, anti-static and weather-resistant structure is itself maintenance free for 25 years.
This week we finish the story of a writer and educator Helen Keller.
Simonelli says that approximately 90 % of finishers use float pans today for normal floor installation work.
When you truly want something, all the universe conspires to help you finish it.
We went to build a snowman but before it was half finished I was chilled to the bone.
When finished, Titanic Quarter hopes to include offices, shops, a maritime museum and, beside the old slipway, a building that will tell the Titanic story.
But by the time you've finished reading this, they may well have reached overkill. Times, Sunday Times
His best finish was 11th in the Hungarian Grand Prix.
According to weather projections, good wind from the southeast will have them flying to the finish. Times, Sunday Times
We are very happy to extend to you our utmost congratulations on your finishing your college course so successfully.May you enter a more successful life and the future years bring you continued happiness.
I went home directly I had finished work.
The undergraduate tinkler that is like strong finish school ended the trade on the net that clean out treasure, searching civil member the job.
It's washable, scrubbable and has a tough matt finish. The Sun
Stripped naked of additives and processes, save a pinch of stabilising sulphur dioxide for all but the purists, the finished product is surprising and fractious. Times, Sunday Times
At one, there was a load of polystyrene boxes outside with the remains of takeaway meals, dumped by people who couldn't be bothered to finish their food.
Look at the evidence: it has a pink spine and the word "girlz" in the title, so obviously I didn't read it, and I certainly didn't read it twice, nor enjoy it both times, nor look for a second volume on the Internet after I finished it. Comics Review: Battle Girlz
Tonight I was finishing up a hat I had knitted for my niece.
Winnie pushed away her unfinished toast and drained her glass of lukewarm tea.
Bresnick-Zocchi got the edge in the final lap as Annis flatted shortly before the finish and ran across the finish line. Lindine and Miller win muddy mid-week ‘cross race in Massachusetts
I applaud all the top 5 finishers, very decent reply times for e-mail, really all winners.
Knowing the results show most are late, we hope less stigma is attached to finishing late, as it is the rule rather than the exception.
I also love the story of Dave Sime, a medical student at Duke who lost a photo-finish in the David Maraniss discusses Rome 1960: The Olympics That Changed the World.
When you are finished, your face is not totally clean because you are left with an oily film that should be removed. Take Care of Your Skin
The Brewers are banking on Gomez, 24, entering his third full season, and rookie shortstop Alcides Escobar, 23, to establish themselves at key defensive positions as they take aim at improving their third-place finish in the National League Central. Brewers hope infusion of youth is right tonic
One of Sonia's latest finishes is called "touch", which is a special rubber varnish that is water-repellent and smudge-proof.
When you are ready to finish the exercise, gradually deepen your breathing.
Blount won four races and five poles, finished second in the standings, and captured the ARCA Rookie of the Year Award.
Each door and drawer is individually finished by craftsmen to bring out the full beauty of the grain.
Having missed the green with his approach and left with a bunker between himself and the pin, he holed the chip for a birdie to finish in 76 for a total of 152, ten over par.
No project approved under the new system is yet finished, and the process is still being tweaked.
It is French law that if you are the author then you have the final say in what the finished article will look like.
Highly polished bluing - probably the most beautiful of all the finishes - is no longer financially feasible in the small gun shop.
It also helped that the plate was huge - so big, in fact, that Vicky and I could barely finish half of it.
The pain, agony and exhaustion were replaced by an enormous sense of achievement and relief as they crossed the finishing line.
Workers in some of America's most dangerous industries such as meatpacking, poultry and construction ... are being forced by their employers to pay for their own safety gear because of OSHA's failure to finish the PPE rule," a joint statement by the two labor groups declared. Unions sue Bush Dept. of Labor over worker deaths; 50 deaths, 400,000 injuries tied to OSHA's inaction
This presidential race was no contest: John McCain sped to the finish while Barack Obama was reluctant to leave the starting point. Two cockroaches race to u.s. presidency
They have played the most games of any team in the conference, so the onus is on them to have a strong finish. Handicapping the Western Conference playoff race
Recently, he presented "Unpublished," a photography exhibition at Art Basel in Miami and co-founded that city's and arguably the country's hottest new retail spot, The Webster, a three-story boutique for fashion, photography, design and food, housed in an Art Deco space finished with milky marble and brass. L'Homme de la Renaissance
Another British rider, Bradley Wiggins finished ninth in the scratch race - his first competitive outing since winning three medals in Athens.
I can finish the work by next month at a push, but that would mean I must lose my holiday.
I finished work today, go to pick the car up and lo and behold some scruffy twoccers have smashed the window, nicked the stereo which is no good because I kept the face with me and completely ripped all the ignition out.
Don Fisk of Insight Technologies finishes his term as chairman of the board.
He was just finishing up what he called a keeping the peace mission and that's where they go with their Humvee. CNN Transcript Jan 30, 2005
The noon whistles blew before Sam's task was finished, but by the time he departed for lunch there was made a bed of such quality that Whitey must needs have been born faultfinder if he complained of it. Short Stories of Various Types
In fact, the Penguins muddled to a sixth place finish in the regular season standings with a .500 record to become one of eight playoff qualifiers.
Luxembourg have entered the World Cup 15 times and finished bottom of their qualifying group every time.
Mom, Joe keeps butting in and he won't let me finish my story.
We'll finish off with a track from Adam's new album.
They hoped he would ride in the lead vehicle or hold the tape at the finishing line. The Sun
In military, both guidance and Anti-TBM ask the equipment fast and flexible to locate and track accurately the random or moving goal in order to finish a serial action suck as aiming and track attack.
During meetings, a speaker is never interrupted until it is clear they have finished speaking.

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