Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: moistened
IPA transcription: [m'ɔɪsənd]
Usage examples
  • He moistened his dry lips.
  • When he reached the top of the wall he was breathing hard; sweat moistened his body.
  • They gave him drink, moistened his face with water, and administered some drops of cordial and wine.
  • Again he bent over, drew from his pocket a handkerchief which he moistened in the water and with which he then wiped Marius' blood-stained brow.
  • The people with whom he boarded gave him a brown overcoat, not new, and with moistened eyes said good-by to the poor youth whom they had learned to love as their own.
  • "Oh, sir, I will indeed be worthy of the confidence that you have shown in me!" Her eyes moistened; her variable color came and went; her dress heaved softly over the lovely outline of her bosom.