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misty

[mis-tee] / ˈmɪs ti /


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Restaurants were packed with diners and hotels were fully booked with tourists looking to soak in the region’s misty redwood forests and dramatic ocean views.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

Allen Moyer’s set used conveyer belts to slide furniture in from the wings; Greg Emetaz’s misty videos included projections of Orpheus and Eurydice, a subtext in the work.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 10, 2026

A striking new pitviper with a vivid grass-green body and amber-like eyes has been discovered in the misty mountains of western Sichuan, China.

From Science Daily Apr. 22, 2026

Less grey and misty weather on Thursday morning and more sunshine will allow temperatures in England and Wales to rise rapidly with the warmth drawn up from Europe on a southerly breeze.

From BBC Mar. 4, 2026

Even through his misty ghoul disguise, Annabeth could tell he was on the verge of panic.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

Like a lot of farmers, 54-year-old Graham Wilson from Dylife in Powys juggles a few different businesses, one of which involves heading up into the mistier fields and forests, whatever the weather.

From BBC Mar. 8, 2026

Gray and damp at 10 a.m., it proved grayer, mistier and wetter at 6 p.m.

From Washington Post Mar. 10, 2023

But this version of “The Visit” has another dimension, too, a mistier one that exalts the notion of deathless love.

From New York Times Apr. 23, 2015

The “twilight” of the exhibition’s title has as much to do with the mistier regions of consciousness as with the borderlands of real-world time and space.

From New York Times Mar. 11, 2010

By climbing one of the hills, your eye sweeps a wide, wide landscape, until it rests upon graceful Wachuset, or, farther and mistier, Moriadnoc, the lofty outpost of New Hampshire hills.

From Literary and Social Essays by George William Curtis

“I think we will leave the lesson here for today,” said Professor Trelawney in her mistiest voice.

From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling

Jacob Boehm's mistiest dreams are clearness itself compared with the English prophet's utterances.

From The Coming of the Friars by Augustus Jessopp

To Zodiac after a while they came— The twistiest, mistiest town, With odd little collopy, scallopy streets Meandering up and down.

From Zodiac Town The Rhymes of Amos and Ann by Winifred Bromhall

"I imagine great strength is needed for hunting bears," observed Alexey Alexandrovitch, who had the mistiest notions about the chase.

From Anna Karenina by Constance Garnett

It was as picturesque as Battersea in Whistler's mistiest days.

From Shandygaff by Christopher Morley




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