touched up

Example Sentences

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Some touched up their makeup during a lunch break before returning to the courtroom to see him again.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 9, 2025

A makeup artist brushed her cheeks and touched up her blazing red lipstick.

From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2024

Ebert, who flew from Munich to Chicago to retrieve the painting, will carefully bubble-wrap the centuries-old landscape to take it back home, where it will be touched up and restored after an eventful several decades.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 19, 2023

The prime minister also touched up the "unimaginable crisis" caused by natural calamities in several states this year.

From BBC • Aug. 15, 2023

The night before my first day of work at NACA, I touched up my navy-blue tweed pleated skirt and jacket and checked my stockings to make sure they didn’t have any runs.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson