Example Sentences

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Recent discoveries about similar art-filled caves in France suggest that our ancestors were creating more than murals and pointillism beneath the primordial mists.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

The victories won by gladiatrixes like Achillia, meanwhile, are all but lost to the mists of ages.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025

That’s in part thanks to companies riding a wave of greater interest and offering more formulations and types of packaging, such as body mists and travel sizes, that are often cheaper.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 12, 2025

People feared demons and ghosts hiding in the mists which swirled up from the depths.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2024

The mists of the flatlands strained out whatever coarseness was left over from his bulldog heritage, and only flutelike redbone mellowness came to the listener.

From "Sounder" by William H. Armstrong