Example Sentences

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Baroness Steinheil's first request was for a mirror, in front of which she immediately set about powdering & rouging.

From Time Magazine Archive

In spite of all this, practice in rouging might have helped her a little, but she had had no practice.

From Her Weight in Gold by McCutcheon, George Barr

Then she became suddenly serious, for she had come to the operation of rouging.

From Four Short Stories By Emile Zola by Zola, Émile

The leading lady assumed an air of injured innocence, and left off rouging her cheeks to heighten the effect.

From My Actor-Husband A true story of American stage life by Anonymous

I again draw your attention to the rouging; here is where any artistic feeling you may possess will come into play with taste and patience.

From Photogravure by Blaney, Henry R.