1.   Take off eye make-up gently, using a cotton ball.

2.   In an effort to end the protest, deputies used cotton Q-tips soaked in pepper spray to swab the eyes of the demonstrators.

3.   Linen or muslin are suitable but avoid using cotton because it will leave lint.

4.   Mice use the cotton to build nests, and the pesticide then kills the ticks that feed on the mice.

5.   Ms. Fox said that so far no manufacturers are using her cotton to replace cotton treated with flame retardants.

6.   Doctors used cotton soaked in ammonia to revive women and children who passed out from the heat.

7.   Guests are also encouraged to use cotton bags provided for in each room, for their shopping needs.

8.   In the United States, where the genetically engineered cotton is widely used, the Environmental Protection Agency has said there is no evidence that such resistance is developing.

9.   Lan, using cotton soaked with gasoline, burned her husband after he came home drunk, the official said.