Below you will find example sentences with "finishing touches". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Finishing Touches in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: finishing
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 10
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 21.1 words

Words in this phrase

finishing touches

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • finishing can mean: present participle and gerund of finish Frequent word
  • touches can mean: plural of touch Less frequent word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 4 start, 9 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

putting the finishing touches to the 2× add artistic finishing touches to your 1× applied the finishing touches to the 1× artistic director finishing touches in décor 1× finishing touches are being 1× get the finishing touches 1× is putting finishing touches to his 1× put the finishing touches on another 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a combination of 1× after the timber 1× alex otti the 1× currently sanjay leela 1× diaz thinks he 1× finishing touches are 1×

Common sentence endings:

the finishing touches 2× an otherworldly experience 1× at home mani 1× boston red sox 1× his contentious agenda 1× hymn aged 54 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

put 4× putting 4× artistic 2× dried 2× begins 2× hours 2× florida 2× red 2× set 2× monday 2× new 2× now 2×

Related phrases

finishing third

Phrases around this combination

Other phrases discovered around finishing:

finishing third 10×

Just before it in the phrase index:

finishing third finished third finished fourth finish line fingers crossed finger lakes

Just after it in the phrase index:

fire alarm fire broke fire chief fire crews fire damage fire danger

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same start:

finishing third

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "finishing touches" has 2 words and usually appears in the middle in these examples. The average sentence has 21.1 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as putting the finishing touches to the, add artistic finishing touches to your, put, putting and artistic stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with finishing third and finishing third, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with finishing touches

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

The finishing touches are still being applied to the agreement. (10 words)

Finishing touches are being added to giant pea-lit animal lanterns. (11 words)

Louise Boureux puts the finishing touches on a miniature set of medals. (12 words)

Longer example sentences

Diaz thinks he has put the finishing touches on another dramatic late Liverpool win over London opponents, to follow last weekend's 4-3 stunner against Fulham, but he's rightly denied by the offside flag. (36 words)

After the timber is sufficiently dried on racks, the very laborious process begins of making a single bespoke guitar over about 40 hours, before another week is spent on finishing touches. (31 words)

Hours before beginning their 2023 season, the Orioles put the finishing touches on their 26-man roster for Thursday’s opening day matchup at Fenway Park against the Boston Red Sox. (31 words)

Example sentences (20)

A combination of gel pots, reflective gels, brushes and stickers are also included so you can add artistic finishing touches to your at-home mani.

After the timber is sufficiently dried on racks, the very laborious process begins of making a single bespoke guitar over about 40 hours, before another week is spent on finishing touches.

Alex Otti, the governor of Abia State, recently put the finishing touches on the reopening of three highways in Aba that had been renovated by the state.

Currently, Sanjay Leela Bhansali is putting finishing touches to his premium OTT product Heeramandi.

Diaz thinks he has put the finishing touches on another dramatic late Liverpool win over London opponents, to follow last weekend's 4-3 stunner against Fulham, but he's rightly denied by the offside flag.

Finishing touches are being added to giant pea-lit animal lanterns.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' presidential countdown begins as Florida lawmakers put the finishing touches on his contentious agenda.

From friendly and enthusiastic staff, to exceptional finishing touches, the bar is an otherworldly experience.

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Hours before beginning their 2023 season, the Orioles put the finishing touches on their 26-man roster for Thursday’s opening day matchup at Fenway Park against the Boston Red Sox.

In other news, Gallagher has recorded a secret dance track with electronic duo CamelPhat that’s waiting to get the finishing touches.

Judging from the photos, the Red Rocket set is nearly completed, with workers featured in one of the images seeing to some finishing touches.

Louise Boureux puts the finishing touches on a miniature set of medals.

Ms Weber putting the finishing touches on her sea wall mural ahead of its official unveiling on Monday.

New furniture will be arriving at the store on Monday and from there the finishing touches will be made.

Now the fridges, oven and coffee machine have been delivered, the team is putting the finishing touches to the venue.

Once it’s washed and dried off, there is still extra work to do with the finishing touches.

Right now, she is too busy putting the finishing touches to the restaurant, which will open this year () to worry much about finding a more permanent place to live.

Sadly, he passed away just three weeks after he had applied the finishing touches to the hymn, aged 54.

Sum Theatre has a new artistic director, finishing touches in Décor and Design and a Winter’s Tale at Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan.

The finishing touches are still being applied to the agreement.

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