powdered

past tense of powder

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Recent Examples of powdered The woman’s head of auburn curls, so neatly assembled and without a hair out of place, was flung to the side and her cheek, powdered with rouge, was now as red as a sunset. Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026 And then Hegseth was off to be powdered and rouged and hair-slicked. Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 25 July 2026 The packets are filled with powdered, crystalized lime and taste like a fresh squeeze. Abbey Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 May 2026 Each day, an FX makeup team used around 400 prosthetics on the passengers, and made 3,000 gel capsules filled with sodium bicarbonate, citric acid and red powdered Kool-Aid. Emily Longeretta, Variety, 6 Mar. 2026 Here, her lips were potent, and her blush was equally so, powdered all over the rounds of her cheeks. Essence, 23 Jan. 2026 Matcha, the Japanese powdered green tea that is used during the ceremony, has entered the global marketplace. The Conversation, 7 Jan. 2026 To achieve professional-looking velvet nails, keep in mind that the most intense tones (such as reds, greens, or blues amplify the depth), while in soft colors like gray, beige or powdered pink, the texture becomes more discreet but just as elegant. Laura Solla, Glamour, 25 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for powdered
Verb
  • But there are more than 600 unopened scrolls, and many in the Naples library are crushed and in fragments.
    Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Below, during a spoiler conversation with THR, Abrams also discusses the 150-pound blood bag that nearly crushed him during his sprint through snowy Raccoon City.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The chicken is pounded thin before cooking and, at Le Flâneur, is served with Picholine olives, tomato, arugula, and Parmesan.
    Colleen McNally Arnett, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Russian overnight strikes also pounded western Ukraine, though there were no immediate reports of casualties.
    ABC News, ABC News, 13 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • It will be closed by leaders who decide that creating new value beats endlessly compressing old value.
    Sumeet Salwan, Forbes.com, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Colorado beat Georgia Tech in the season opener, but the Buffaloes didn’t look like a good team to me.
    Michael Cunningham, AJC.com, 21 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • But slack defending allowed Chelsea’s individual quality to shine and as the match wore on, United’s confidence disintegrated.
    Cerys Jones, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • In an instant, my protective shield disintegrated, leaving me raw and exposed.
    Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Peña pulverized it onto the train tracks that run above left field.
    Chandler Rome, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The final grace note is a sprinkling of pig skin, fried and pulverized, to add crackle to the bite.
    Warren Rojas, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Imagine how practical, grounded, and reasonable those babies are going to grow up to be.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
  • Not to mention his signature talent for using humor to keep his scares grounded at a human scale.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2026

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“Powdered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/powdered. Accessed 24 Sep. 2026.

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