moisten
verb (used with or without object)
to make or become moist.
has moistened
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present perfectof moisten (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Yet many a gentle eye has moistened at the conclusion of the story of Isabella; and to recur once more to Orlando's jealousy, all who have experienced that passion will feel it shake them.
From Stories from the Italian Poets: with Lives of the Writers, Volume 2 by Tasso, Torquato
The perspiration forced from him by the agony of the hour has moistened the raw-hide thong to stretching.
From The Lone Ranche by Reid, Mayne
She has moistened my lips, she has kept the gnats from stinging, she has sung in her unknown tongue of that land whither I go, and soon,—the land of the sky from whence she came.
From The Sun Maid A Story of Fort Dearborn by Raymond, Evelyn
Yet another song of the Robin which has moistened the eyes of many a youthful vocalist.
From Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk by Ford, Robert
