vapoury
- a word derived from vapour.
Example Sentences
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For ten uneasy minutes we move through this vapoury blackness, and then break through it.
From 'Green Balls' The Adventures of a Night-Bomber by Bewsher, Paul
During our journey upwards the Jungfrau never once showed her head, but, as if in ill temper, had wrapped her vapoury veil around her.
From The Glaciers of the Alps Being a narrative of excursions and ascents, etc. by Tyndall, John
A vapoury garment enveloped it, and the face seemed young and beautiful.
From Soap-Bubble Stories For Children by Barry, Fanny
For, even when coming into slight contact with the outer vapoury shreds of the jet, which will often happen, your skin will feverishly smart from the acrimony of the thing so touching you.
From Sea Monsters Unmasked and Sea Fables Explained by Lee, H. W. (Henry William)
This was a pointed and rapid illustration of the decay from cloud-form to haze, and then to the pure vapoury sky.
From Meteorology or Weather Explained by M'Pherson, J. G.
