How to Use touch-up in a Sentence
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Eating to the sway of 135 miles per hour invites a few touch-ups.
—Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 18 July 2023
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With the right color scheme, a paint touch-up can be just the dash of whimsy your kitchen needs.
—Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 28 June 2023
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There’s also a mirror in the compact, so on-the-go touch-ups are easy.
—Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 13 Dec. 2023
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The sleek folding mirror comes complete with a stand for touch-ups on the go.
—L.a. Hubilla, Peoplemag, 24 Aug. 2023
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Once your patch is dry and smooth, touch it up with paint using a small brush or paint touch-up tool.
—Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 28 June 2023
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Pfeiffer showed off her flawless touch-ups with a selfie taken in the back seat of a car.
—Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 16 June 2023
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The treatments are scheduled five weeks apart, with free touch-ups at any Milan Laser.
—Stepfanie Romine, USA TODAY, 16 Jan. 2024
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Here's how my makeup held up after 14 hours of sweat, sans a single touch-up.
—Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 7 Sep. 2023
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This lightweight and buildable product brings a smooth touch to your skin and is perfect for touch-ups.
—Mia Meltzer, Rolling Stone, 20 May 2024
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Then mix touch-up porcelain paint to match the color of the tile as closely as possible.
—Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 14 Apr. 2023
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The knife also comes with a single-stage sharpener for quick touch-ups on the water.
—Cosmo Genova, Field & Stream, 3 May 2023
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Perfect for on-the-go cleanings or a quick touch-up after a walk in the park, these wipes will leave your dog's paws looking and smelling fresh.
—Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 4 July 2023
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After all sessions are completed, a client won’t need to come back for touch-ups for three to six years.
—Desiree Browne, ELLE, 24 Feb. 2023
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Using a makeup brush on her dad's forehead and cheeks, Harper gives David a touch-up to the tune of a Taylor Swift song.
—Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 13 Nov. 2023
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The final color of the patch is affected by the amount of moisture in the touch-up layer that wicks into the background paint.
—Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2023
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And using them is super easy, too: Simply brush or pat it onto your skin as a quick and easy touch-up.
—Taylor Lane, womenshealthmag.com, 12 May 2023
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At-home trims and root touch-ups during lockdown—plus a break from regular heat styling—changed the way many viewed hair care.
—Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Feb. 2023
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Pumpkin painting at Slash Run Does your home or stoop need a seasonal touch-up?
—Chris Richards, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2023
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Dressed to the nines in a tuxedo and top hat, the athlete did Swift's faux touch-up during the segment, dusting his girlfriend's face with powder as the crowd cheered.
—Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 25 June 2024
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The sweat-proof, smudge-proof formula goes on smoothly and easily, and lasts for up to 24 hours without touch-ups.
—Alesandra Dubin, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2023
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Schwartz recommends getting your roots done for touch-ups or adding a vibrant gloss all over every four to six weeks.
—Audrey Noble, Vogue, 1 Apr. 2024
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There's also a handy mirror that comes out and sits upright on a flat surface for on-the-go application and touch-ups.
—Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 26 Oct. 2023
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How to match paint without a code If cabinets are part of your touch-up project, unscrew a cabinet door.
—Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2023
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Jamie pointed out that all their eye shadow, eye liner and mascara were left intact — sans touch-ups.
—Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping, 10 Sep. 2023
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The brush’s protective swivel-cover ensures it can easily be tossed in your bag for those on-the-go touch-ups.
—Essence, 1 Aug. 2023
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The only difference is switching up the color, which, in turn, gives the entire look a spiffy seasonal touch-up.
—Alyssa Grabinski, Peoplemag, 18 Apr. 2024
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The versatile bag is perfect for holding your wallet, phone, and lipstick for touch-ups.
—Wendy Vazquez, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2023
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This durable, velvety puff works well to mattify, blur the appearance of pores, and smooth product, and is ideal for touch-ups throughout the day.
—Annie Blackman, Allure, 2 May 2024
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This board is easy to whip out and pop up on your kitchen table, counter, or dresser top for touch-ups and is great for small spaces or as a secondary ironing board.
—Tanya Edwards, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 June 2023
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And this natural blend serves to help the color last longer as your hair grows, meaning fewer visits to the salon for color touch-ups.
—Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2023
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To top it all off, the paint throughout the home must be touched up.
—Derrick Bryson Taylor, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2023
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Install more screws to hold the posts to the 4 x 4s, then fill the holes over the screw heads and touch up the paint.
—Neal Barrett, Popular Mechanics, 15 May 2021
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Tracey came back in to touch up my makeup, my lips, my hair ....
—Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2023
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Use a small paintbrush to touch up any spots where the paint dripped or bled through the stencil.
—Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Aug. 2021
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And each of the copper ledges got touched up and refurbished.
—Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 5 Feb. 2024
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Japonesque's Brow Razor, which is very small and perfect for a quick touch up.
—Lauren Tappan, Town & Country, 3 Aug. 2022
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But police said the substance is believed to have been line paint that is used on the field to touch up bases.
—Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 28 Apr. 2022
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Resist the temptation to go back to touch up bare spots; leave those for the second coat.
—Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2022
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If needed, touch up the edges with the existing wall color for a crisp, clean line.
—Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
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Keeping the walls white makes the room feel brighter and allows the couple to easily touch up any scuffs.
—Catherine Hong, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2023
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Beauty-wise, Lopez pulled her brunette hair back into a tight, high bun and touched up her lips in a glossy pink hue.
—Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 5 July 2023
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Her roots are touched up, and her gaze, now pointed at the camera, seems to relish being watched.
—Kim Hew-Low, New York Times, 16 May 2024
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No one has ever come to me and said their artwork was peeling or chipping and asked me to do a touch up.
—Megan Leonhardt, Fortune, 11 Mar. 2023
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Then, about two weeks ago Cunningham touched up the regrowth.
—Andrea Lavinthal, Peoplemag, 10 Aug. 2023
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In the beginning of the video, a glam squad touched up Carey's makeup and hair and, seconds later, Carey started to sing the tune.
—Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 17 Sep. 2023
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This three-blade foil razor hugs your curves, and the pop-up trimmer will touch up any stray hairs around your armpits and bikini area.
—Kristin Corpuz, Women's Health, 29 Mar. 2023
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The bathrooms even have on-hand makeup artists ready to touch up your lipstick or refresh your face.
—Sophie Dweck, Town & Country, 12 May 2022
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No one was there to touch up their makeup, fix their hair, move a light, adjust their mic or straighten their wardrobe.
—Nancy Meyers, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2020
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Why shouldn’t the royal family want to touch up an image?
—Karla Adam, Washington Post, 11 Mar. 2024
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Centennial touched up Amador for four unearned runs in the fifth.
—Charles Baggarly, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Apr. 2024
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Among the helpful pointers Slocum gave her, Van Handel said, was to set aside the last day of recording just for patches, to touch up spots.
—Jim Higgins, Journal Sentinel, 25 Jan. 2023
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Just beyond, there is a full-on beauty salon for, say, your on-call glam squad to touch up your hair highlights.
—Rachel Silva, ELLE Decor, 28 Mar. 2023
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He's touched up the edges off the ball as a catch and shoot player, as an attacker, as a secondary playmaker for sure.
—Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2024
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Bences and three other performers change clothes, put on wigs and touch up their makeup.
—Dallas News, 5 Dec. 2022
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His ability to create turnovers and clean up loose pucks down low gives the Bruins more scoring touch up front.
—Conor Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 24 Feb. 2023
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Anyway, the ninth movie in the franchise had a lot of hype coming in since Chris Rock was set to star and also reportedly touched up the script.
—Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 1 June 2024
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Plus, the trimmer even comes with a detail trimmer and shaving attachment to help touch up your beard and hair line.
—Camryn Rabideau, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2020
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In the middle of the show, right after Monroe leaves the stage and just before her glam squad arrives onstage for a touch up, Carey spies a puddle on the floor.
—Jason Sheeler, Peoplemag, 4 Dec. 2023
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The online donations helped Velazquez touch up the mural and paint over the vandalism last week.
—Dallas News, 14 July 2021
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Can a new board change its mind after the fact and prohibit us from touching up our paint or repainting our house in the same color in the years ahead?
—Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel, 20 June 2024
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