moisty
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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In this instance that meant winning the toss on a misty, moisty morning.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 7, 2012
The cold blood of the English—always quite lukewarm in their misty, moisty isle—had begun to boil with vigor.
From Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure by Charles Haven Ladd Johnston
Moist; here used in the sense of "new", as in Latin, "mustum" signifies new wine; and elsewhere Chaucer speaks of "moisty ale", as opposed to "old".
From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by D. Laing Purves
ONE misty, moisty morning, When cloudy was the weather, I chanced to meet an old man clothed all in leather.
From The Little Mother Goose by Jessie Willcox Smith
The third morning dawned in great beauty, a "misty, moisty morning," Mrs. Jardine called it.
From A Daughter of the Land by Gene Stratton-Porter
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