Both items of luggage had lost their identifying initials, thanks to a generous application of black ink.

And he advocates generous applications of organic mulches.

This requires frequent and generous applications of appropriate lubricant.

Do not fertilize until spring, when a generous application of compost will be welcome.

This means a generous application of paint powders to each child, teacher and visitor.

More impressive than the sparing use of scenery, though, is the generous application of movement to express a mood, a plot twist, a theme.

Wood plants should have a generous application of fertilizer, if it was not applied at the ideal time last fall.

His review could have been improved immensely by the generous application of a blue pencil and a sharp pair of scissors.

But too much of a good thing is still too much; one generous application each year should be enough.