Sentence examples for powderize from inspiring English sources

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powderize

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To reduce to powder.

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On becoming a public figure, Chanel grew so richly inventive about her past, powdering over any discrepancies and shames, that all the film can do is pick and choose, and hope that some of its testimony escapes the fog of myth.

Stacey died by powdering herself with poison-laced talc.

This naturally caused a good deal of speculation of one kind and another speculation which has not decreased by the discovery that Mr. Fields was powdering with Allen's Foot-Ease.

Since being uncovered, the painted architectural details have been deteriorating — the paint is flaking and powdering from exposure to the fluctuating temperature and humidity.

Only yesterday, it seems, women were still fairly obsessed with powdering their noses....will real women actually grease their faces?

ABC Cocina's version is still great, with dried chiles powdering the edges of the sweet and smoky fish, and an unexpectedly bright acidity in the cucumber, which is zippy where you expect it to be soothing.

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Endorsing a political party to people who still buy newspapers is like endorsing a political party exclusively to people who still wear monocles and powdered wigs.

He has powdered his face to "whiten up" for the Operation Black Vote campaign to warn Britain's ethnic minority communities that not voting will "take the colour out of Britain".

While cocaine and ecstasy - the latter sometimes powdered and snorted but usually taken as a pill - are class A drugs, amphetamines are class B, attracting lower penalties.

I've been wolfing down whey protein powder (cross flow, micro-filtered and hydrolysed) and branch-chain amino acid tablets".

The 'canary' yellow with green side panels somehow made an even greater sight of the brawny specimens donning Australian caps (and also provided a colourful back-drop to the underarm incident, it must be said), while powder blue, maroon, lime green and beige surely reached their zenith.

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