How to Use retouch in a Sentence

retouch

verb
  • The photo had been retouched to remove the wrinkles around his eyes.
  • Most people just want to fiddle with the contrast and retouch the photo a bit.
    Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2017
  • There isn’t a 12-year-old that doesn’t know how to take a great selfie and how to retouch it perfectly.
    Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2019
  • Over time, some of the glass models have been retouched and repaired, but the flowers are largely the same as when first displayed.
    Washington Post, 22 Oct. 2019
  • But what the Yankees didn’t recognize was that Judge failed to retouch second base on his way back to first.
    Steve Gardner, USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2017
  • The trio are the newest models for clothing brand Aerie, and none of their ad campaign photos will be retouched.
    Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 25 Jan. 2018
  • Almost all of the original artists from last year returned to retouch the mural.
    Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 18 June 2021
  • These photos were shot around the same time; one obviously retouched and the other not.
    Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 31 Jan. 2018
  • Dibbits said the painting has been retouched many other times in the past and that the later additions are starting to fade.
    Mike Corder, The Seattle Times, 16 Oct. 2018
  • De la Cruz has no plans to retouch the mural, which will be affected over time due to its proximity to the ocean.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2021
  • The images that haven't been retouched will include an Olay skin promise logo.
    Sarah Brookbank, Cincinnati.com, 20 Feb. 2020
  • Sure, fans and followers still flipped out, but some commenters were concerned Lopez had retouched her abs in the image.
    Andrea Park, SELF, 26 June 2017
  • Houston then appealed that Judge missed retouching second on his way back to first.
    USA TODAY, 17 Oct. 2017
  • But my dream is for all images to have a little asterisk next to them with a caption that reads, this photo has been retouched.
    Mariano Vivanco; Fashion Editor: Joanna Hillman, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 Apr. 2018
  • Markle confesses that one of her photoshoot pet peeves is when the freckles that dot her nose are retouched and airbrushed away.
    Diana Pearl, PEOPLE.com, 5 Sep. 2017
  • Fans praised Khloé in the comments not just for her strong physique but for seemingly not retouching her series of photos.
    Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Like with this picture, this is actually a campaign shot and it was retouched.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 6 Mar. 2020
  • During a time of airbrushing, he was known for his strong stance against retouching photos.
    Lauren Alexis Fisher, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 Sep. 2019
  • Stalin was known to retouch photos and cut out images of his enemies.
    Fortune, 3 Dec. 2021
  • The actress shared her and Mendes’ retouched images on her Instagram Story.
    refinery29.com, 9 Mar. 2018
  • If the point of the selfie is to proudly share our beauty with others, then aren't retouching apps like this counteracting that very point?
    Lauren Alexis Fisher, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 July 2014
  • Avery says two of these photos were taken by a camera and the rest were AI-generated, then retouched.
    Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Their work will continue tomorrow when the photos will be selected and retouched at the studio, and the video will be edited.
    Tacita Vero’, Slate Magazine, 9 Jan. 2017
  • Subsequent phases will see the hotel rooms retooled and its ballroom and foyer retouched before the work wraps up in April.
    Joe Rubino, The Denver Post, 27 Aug. 2019
  • The plan is to end all retouching in Olay’s advertising by the end of 2020 in all media — print, digital and TV included.
    Sarah Brookbank, Cincinnati.com, 20 Feb. 2020
  • On top of that, stars are now showing original and retouched photos side by side on their social media to protest these pressures.
    Mary Wang, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2017
  • Deciding if a runner failed to retouch his base after a ball is legally caught before he or his base is tagged by a fielder at all bases.
    Ron Higgins, NOLA.com, 16 Mar. 2018
  • The brand has pledged to ban retouching from its advertisements entirely, and to include models of all ages, shapes, and skin types in its campaigns.
    Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 16 Aug. 2018
  • When your sunscreen alarm does go off, Marchbein retouches on her face with powder sunscreens.
    Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 12 June 2019
  • Included is a lesson on the basics of Photoshop, starting you off on the many ways it can be used to retouch and transform photographs.
    Benjamin Levin, CNN Underscored, 9 Oct. 2019

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