retouch

Example Sentences

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In her statement, the 42-year-old princess chalked up the alteration to a photographer’s innocent desire to retouch the image.

From New York Times • Mar. 11, 2024

The sponge tool, on the other hand, works to help retouch images by saturating or desaturating color, allowing users to fine-tune how vibrant their images and art look.

From The Verge • Dec. 14, 2021

"To actually retouch and change a child’s features, you’re basically saying you’re not good enough the way you are, so I’m going to pay to have you made better," Greene said.

From Fox News • Nov. 2, 2021

They would rewrite history books, or retouch photographs, if they showed uncomfortable truths about the past.

From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2019

You could retouch the paint on the bathroom windowsill, and after you do it you could warn me so that I don’t put my watch on it.

From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri