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I remember him telling my brothers and me, after his father died, that he hadn’t been able to look into the open casket, because the morticians had rouged his father’s cheeks.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 17, 2017

How well he could recall the day when Mazarin had rouged himself for the last time, and how the court had danced with joy at the news that he was no more!

From The Refugees by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir

It seemed to him that her mouth was larger, which may have been due to the fact that she had rouged it a little too much.

From The Blood of the Conquerors by Fergusson, Harvey

Her complexion was unusually transparent, and early exercise and mountain air had rouged her cheeks till they matched the brilliant hue of her scarlet crown.

From St. Elmo by Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane)

He saw that she had rouged her cheeks and painted her lips.

From Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset)