Example Sentences

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Lynne Ramsay The ghost of Travis Bickle haunts this nightmarish and humidly absorbing psychological drama from Lynne Ramsay, featuring an eerie, jangling musical score by Jonny Greenwood and starring a slab-like and bearded Joaquin Phoenix.

From The Guardian • Jan. 2, 2018

The political climate of the British Isles in 1933 was humidly antiwar.

From Time Magazine Archive

At last the light of the cabin we were seeking gleamed humidly through the trees.

From Famous Adventures And Prison Escapes of the Civil War by Cable, George Washington

The impetus sent her flying into the arms of Bernt, who extricated himself humidly.

From Dry Fish and Wet Tales from a Norwegian Seaport by Nilsen, Anthon Bernhard Elias