moistened

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Shall these lips a doleful lyric Proffer at your ghostly bier, Or compose a panegyric Moistened with a minstrel's tear?

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-09-15 by Seaman, Owen, Sir

Moistened litmus paper will indicate the presence of a free acid, and in some cases treatment with ammonia fumes will restore the color.

From Forty Centuries of Ink or, a chronological narrative concerning ink and its backgrounds, introducing incidental observations and deductions, parallels of time and color phenomena, bibliography, chemistry, poetical effusions, citations, anecdotes and curiosa together with some evidence respecting the evanescent character of most inks of to-day and an epitome of chemico-legal ink. by Carvalho, David Nunes

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