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

Love me—albeit grief shall dim mine eyes, And tears bedew, I shall not e'en complain, for then my skies Shall still be blue.

From The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar by Howells, William Dean

To weep over; to deplore; to bedew with tears.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah