dew

“Even if it’s a 10- to 15-degree difference in dew point, it’s pretty drastic.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

The higher the dew point rises, the greater the amount of moisture in the air, according to the National Weather Service.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026

He also came to treasure his time mowing the fairways each morning before the golfers arrived, the dew glistening on the grass while the nibbling, untroubled deer looked on from the rough.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

In the absence of dew, which makes it harder for bowlers to grip the ball, the pitch at Wankhede Stadium offered more turn than any other at this World Cup so far.

From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026

She tripped and fell, grazing her knee on the gravel, which was wet with dew.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke

The stillness of noon, the depths of twilight, and the dews and pearls of the morning, are all to be found on the | canvases of this most benevolent and kindhearted man.

From Time Magazine Archive

After long basking on the French Riviera, Somerset Maugham returned to London for a ten-week chill in Britain's foggy-foggy autumnal dews.

From Time Magazine Archive

While the groups that attacked Javits professed to reflect the dews of U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

He stooped to remove his shoes, damp with the heavy dews of pasture and field.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

Once out in the street, the wind speedily dried these dews of my youth, and I ventured to take my companion's hand.

From Charles Auchester, Volume 1 of 2 by Elizabeth Sheppard

In the Philippines a native combo dewed the eyes of the crew of an LST with a proud performance of Stardust.

From Time Magazine Archive

The sky is pale blue there, dewed with yellow.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

Their corners were vague, their facades streaked, dewed, smeared.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin

A cold sweat dewed on my neck as I descended the stairs.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

I crammed my ribbon tie in my vest pocket and unbuttoned my collar, wiping at the clammy sweat dewed on my neck.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Sadly not, for the dewing is done by sprinklers, and the baby is alone.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 5, 2019

I could see the lips whitening and drying, the forehead dewing with tiny beads of perspiration.

From The Sixth Sense A Novel by Stephen McKenna

He merely found himself abruptly in full possession of his senses, nerves tingling, moisture dewing his forehead, his whole being concentrated in the one act of—listening!

From Shoe-Bar Stratton by George W. Gage

Captain West spoke to the mate, who bawled the order along, and the watch, reinforced by the watch below, began dewing up the mainsail and foresail and climbing into the rigging.

From The Mutiny of the Elsinore by Jack London

In our isle’s enchanted hall, Hands unseen thy couch are strewing, Fairy strains of music fall, Every sense in slumber dewing.

From Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures by Gordon Stables