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

At the sight the saint felt tears of pity bedew his face; he was no longer in Greccio, his heart was in Bethlehem.

From Life of St. Francis of Assisi by Houghton, Louise Seymour

With all with the hunted, whose eyes search mine In vain for the hint of a 'scaping clue; With those still tranc'd, where the skies bedew The half-op'd blossoms that round them shine.

From Reminiscences of a South African Pioneer by Scully, W. C. (William Charles)