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Example sentences for "soft brush"

  • A few hours after, or the next morning, lay the hat on the table, and brush it round and round several times with a soft brush in the proper direction, and you will find your hat not in the least injured by the rain.

  • Rub it gently with cotton wool, or a soft brush dipped in spirits of wine, taking care not to injure the silk beneath.

  • Mix together by a gentle heat, one ounce of Canada balsam, and a quarter of a pint of spirits of turpentine; with a soft brush spread it thinly over one side of good tissue paper.

  • The coating is then dusted with leather, or a soft brush.

  • Rub it into the carpet with a soft brush.

  • To re-size leaves that cannot be plunged into the solution, the sizing may be done with a soft brush.

  • When quite dry, the varnish should be laid on with a soft shoe-brush, using also a soft brush to polish the leather.

  • Fine cloths require to be brushed lightly, and with rather a soft brush, except where mud is to be removed, when a hard one is necessary, being previously beaten lightly to dislodge the dirt.

  • This varnish is to be applied when cold, by means of a soft brush.

  • Let the bonnets remain in the liquor all night, and the next morning take them out, dry them in the air, and brush them with a soft brush.

  • If preferred, the colour may be laid on with a soft brush.

  • While she was getting it ready the grandmother got a soft brush and a cake of nice white soap, and, after trying the water to see that it was not too warm or too cold, she mixed the soap in thoroughly.

  • The walls are to be swept down with a soft brush, or a broom covered with a duster.

  • Once more a newspaper was spread on the table, and they set out the box of powder, a small flannel cloth, a little saucer of water, a soft brush, and a chamois.

  • The patient's face should be sprinkled with vinegar, the pit of the stomach with water, and the legs plunged into a cold bath; at the same time rubbing the skin with flannel, or a soft brush.

  • Next morning, brush it several times with a soft brush in the proper direction, and the hat will have sustained but little injury.

  • Rub the slices over with a soft brush dipped in sweet oil, season with pepper and salt, fold them neatly in clean white paper, and broil them over a clear fire.

  • A soft brush may be used later when baby has eight or ten teeth, and a little finely prepared chalk may be put on the brush, if there are any specks on the teeth.

  • Douglas, of Detroit, advises the use of a soft brush.

  • To clean gilded surfaces, dip a soft brush in alcohol to which a few drops of ammonia water have been added, and with it go over the surface.

  • A mixture of three or four parts of water with one part of aquafortis is painted over the stone with a soft brush of fox- or badger-hair.

  • Any surplus of color that may have fixed itself to the stone is removed by gentle dusting with a soft brush.

  • A piece of ink as large as a hazel nut is rubbed down in a clean coffee cup and then dissolved in rain water till it is just fluid enough to lie evenly and nicely on the plate when applied with a soft brush.

  • Use a soft brush to make the coating very thin and uniform.

  • Before varnishing maps after colouring them, 2 or 3 coats of clean size should be applied with a soft brush--the first one to the back.

  • They should then be rubbed with a leather, and any dust remaining on them should be removed by means of a soft brush.

  • Spirit of turpentine applied with a soft brush is considered to be a good remedy for Scale.

  • If the leaves become dusty, they may be cleansed with a soft brush or a sponge dipped in water, but particular care must be taken not to injure them in the process.

  • Some gardeners prefer to give an hour or two once a week to the removal of the pest by means of a soft brush.

  • The oil crust on the surface is then loosened by soaking in a strong soda solution and wiped off, after which the object is dried, smoked over the candle flame, and the soot wiped or brushed off with a soft brush.

  • The bronze should then be well rinsed or brushed with a soft brush before it is put into the fresh bath.

  • The soot is then rubbed off with a cloth or soft brush.

  • Wash in very hot water, wipe with soft cloths, polish with chamois skin and a soft brush.

  • When woodwork is cleaned, all cracks, ornaments and irregularities should first be gone over with a small, soft brush.

  • Rub the polish on smooth surfaces with a soft cloth, on filigree or engraving with a soft brush.

  • Well mix together, and apply to the polished articles by means of a soft brush.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "soft brush" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    artificial light; before they; lower stage; military government; molten image; only half; outward objects; rich land; seven thousand five hundred; soft and; soft brush; soft ground; soft linen; soft palate; soft parts; soft paste; soft pine; soft porcelain; soft snow; soft soap; soft steel; soft water; soft wood; stand over; wide space; wipe them