moistened

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Moistened by a wintry rain, the leaves of an azalea shed pearls of water.

From Time Magazine Archive

Moistened by the rains and the damp night-mists, and trodden under foot, these cases assume a jet black hue, and are to all appearance like coal in the very first stages of formation.

From The Story of a Piece of Coal What It Is, Whence It Comes, and Whither It Goes by Martin, Edward A.

Moistened with the solution of nitrate of cobalt, and heated in the oxidation flame, it presents a bead, colored from brick-red to brown, according to the quantity used.

From A System of Instruction in the Practical Use of the Blowpipe Being A Graduated Course Of Analysis For The Use Of Students And All Those Engaged In The Examination Of Metallic Combinations by Anonymous

Moistened were the sands, and moistened were the arms of the men with tears; for so brave a master of the flight they longed.

From The Iliad of Homer (1873) by Buckley, Theodore Alois

More worthy I then clouts; yet them a flood Moistened of mother's milke and of Son's blood.'

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard