bedew

Example Sentences

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“Do not speak so closely to another person with such enthusiasm that you bedew the other man with your spittle,” he said, from a safe distance.

From Washington Times • Sep. 6, 2019

Tears will bedew, if wigs do not bestrew the green.”

From Washington Post • Jul. 19, 2017

It’s a little cooler today, but possibly rainier: Scattered showers may bedew us, with a high of 70.

From New York Times • May 6, 2015

Tears bathe their arms, and tears bedew the ground, And, mixt with clamour, comes the clarion's sound.

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Taylor, Edward Fairfax

Then from his belt a fork and spoon He plac’d before her view; He paus’d, before he ask’d the boon, While tears his cheeks bedew.

From The Maid and the Magpie An Interesting Tale Founded on Facts by Moreton, Charles