Example Sentences

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Toru Takemitsu called his tender, mistily opaque viola concerto “Ring Around Autumn.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 25, 2025

Braided hair was wrapped around the head and face like protection for a dramatic effect on the mistily lit runway.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 4, 2023

She sees the sign, mistily, through her tears: BEXHILL-ON-SEA.

From The Guardian • Jun. 16, 2012

The guy looks back mistily: "I said, at that point, 'I would love to get a carriage house if I ever could' … and there you go!"

From Slate • Feb. 2, 2012

And Lee saw him mistily, one soldier of the Imperial Guard creeping away from his company’s defeat.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman