retouch
verb (used with object)
to improve with new touches, highlights, or the like; touch up or rework, as a painting or makeup.
had retouched
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past perfectof retouch.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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The actress also recounts rejecting the show's original promotion poster because it had retouched her facial features.
From Salon ● Jun. 2, 2021
The reason they looked so fresh was that every year, for centuries, Australian aborigines had retouched them with red and yellow ocher and pipeclay white.
From Time Magazine Archive
Someone had retouched the photo and painted Henrietta’s face an unnatural yellow.
From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot
As soon, however, as the Sun, with the pencil of his rays, had retouched the dark shadows of Night, Lise took leave of the youths and set out on his way.
From Stories from the Pentamerone by Giambattista Basile
He first noticed a little defect in the green paint in the living room, which I had retouched.
From Vicky Van by Carolyn Wells
