Example Sentences

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The EPA will mist an adhesive called Soiltac on the ash to prevent it from migrating into the ocean, Calanog said.

From Washington Times • Aug. 29, 2023

Someday even my daughter, or her daughter's daughter, will mist over at the memory of the androgen-swollen, coach-garroting, endorsement-besotted free agent ridiculing his teammates after a tough loss.

From Time Magazine Archive

I know when one is dead, and when one liues, She's dead as earth: Lend me a Looking-glasse, If that her breath will mist or staine the stone, Why then she liues    Kent.

From King Lear by Shakespeare, William

I know when one is dead, and when one lives; She's dead as earth.—Lend me a looking glass; If that her breath will mist or stain the stone, Why, then she lives.

From King Lear by Shakespeare, William