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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of towel.

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Examples

  • No below the waist shots of either - both can be 'towelled' down in an exciting QTE moment: -)

    Eurogamer 2010

  • He removed his jersey and towelled his sweat-covered chest; every fibre of his body was twitching.

    Complete transcript: Paul Kimmage’s interview of Floyd Landis 2011

  • Miranda Spring knew a trick worth two of that, for when we'd come to our senses and towelled each other dry, with much coy snickering on her part, she showed me to a little alcove off the main cabin where an excellent collation was laid out under covers, with bubbly in a bucket.

    THE NUMBERS 2010

  • The moment it was done, and I had undressed and sponged and towelled the great man, and he had admired himself in his cheval mirror and donned his dressing gown, Richard Marais shuffled into the dressing room with his ink and pen and ledgers.

    Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009

  • I bathed him; I towelled him dry; I helped him to dress again.

    Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009

  • The moment it was done, and I had undressed and sponged and towelled the great man, and he had admired himself in his cheval mirror and donned his dressing gown, Richard Marais shuffled into the dressing room with his ink and pen and ledgers.

    Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009

  • I bathed him; I towelled him dry; I helped him to dress again.

    Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009

  • The moment it was done, and I had undressed and sponged and towelled the great man, and he had admired himself in his cheval mirror and donned his dressing gown, Richard Marais shuffled into the dressing room with his ink and pen and ledgers.

    Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009

  • The moment it was done, and I had undressed and sponged and towelled the great man, and he had admired himself in his cheval mirror and donned his dressing gown, Richard Marais shuffled into the dressing room with his ink and pen and ledgers.

    Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009

  • I bathed him; I towelled him dry; I helped him to dress again.

    Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man’s Smile Gyles Brandreth 2009

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