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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of moisten.

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Examples

  • The resulting sauce makes for a type of "dressing" and moistens up the dish.

    'Flower Pot,' at The Krug Room Amy Ma 2010

  • Sanjit Das/Panos for The Wall Street Journal A young man moistens the clay while a girl shapes bricks at his feet.

    Lives in India's Lower Classes 2011

  • Once they straighten out again, Janie moistens her lips, and then, determined, she gives Megan the thumbs-up.

    GONE LISA McMANN 2010

  • It exudes out of the pores of her flushed face and moistens her fine hair, tightening the ringlets over her temples.

    A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010

  • The milky substance inside the fleshy leaves protects and moistens fish as it grills, and charred fig leaves make a great side snack.

    Dining with Dionysus 2008

  • It exudes out of the pores of her flushed face and moistens her fine hair, tightening the ringlets over her temples.

    A Mountain of Crumbs Elena Gorokhova 2010

  •  She breathes it in and it warms and moistens the inside of her nose.

    All that Remains Terri Moran 2010

  • The milky substance inside the fleshy leaves protects and moistens fish as it grills, and charred fig leaves make a great side snack.

    Dining with Dionysus 2008

  • The front of Mamma's nightgown moistens from the sweat and tears and damp air, and her own eyes start to stream small droplets.

    Forgive Me Mamma 2010

  • Once they straighten out again, Janie moistens her lips, and then, determined, she gives Megan the thumbs-up.

    GONE LISA McMANN 2010

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