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moist

[moist] / mɔɪst /


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We irrigate our lawns and other greenery, which is a boon to the beetles because they need moist landscapes.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

Use extractor fans when cooking or showering because they remove warm, moist air before it spreads through the home.

From Science Daily Jul. 29, 2026

The oil-based recipe yielded an airy yet moist crumb that was not overwhelmingly sweet—something true of all of Ms. de Ferrier’s cakes.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

This moist air results in much higher humidity and adds significantly to the heat stress.

From BBC Jun. 24, 2026

His eyes are moist, as if he’s holding back tears.

From "Before We Were Free" by Julia Alvarez

A higher dew point means the air is moister and thus will feel muggier.

From Slate Jun. 25, 2025

The two systems spin like a pair of intermeshed gears, drawing warmer, moister air up from the mid-Atlantic Ocean into the Arctic, leading to downpours of rain in Svalbard.

From Science Daily Jun. 3, 2024

"Where they grow in California, it's cooler and moister than you would typically envisage California to be," he explained.

From BBC Mar. 12, 2024

“A moister air mass has moved over much of the Klamath today which should moderate fire behavior on any new starts,” the forest service said in a statement.

From Seattle Times Aug. 21, 2023

It was all familiar, the scent of the hedges and the earth and the air, so much cooler and moister than in the south.

From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke

She and her son Eric make the cakes from a recipe Doan perfected many years ago: a fluffy cream cheese frosting covered in coconut flakes enrobes the moistest sponge in existence.

From Salon May 7, 2024

Old-man’s beard lichen is completely surprising, too, draped from tree branches in the moistest forests.

From Seattle Times Nov. 18, 2022

Better yet, the juices will have redistributed and you'll be looking at the tenderest, moistest turkey of your life.

From Salon Jul. 14, 2021

May we not recognise in this the hand of bounteous Providence, which has given perhaps the most stony soil in Europe to the moistest climate in it? 

From A Tour in Ireland 1776-1779 by Henry Morley

A. Because it contains in it the moistest parts of the living creature: and also that the brain may be defended thereby, as with a shield.

From The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy by Aristotle




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