dew

The dew point, which measures the absolute humidity in the air, has been closer to 70 degrees than 60 for much of the summer, he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

He also came to treasure his time mowing the fairways each morning before the golfers arrived, the dew glistening on the grass while the nibbling, untroubled deer looked on from the rough.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 11, 2026

"Obviously, dew might play a factor in some different grounds," said Brook.

From Barron's ● Feb. 5, 2026

A higher dew point means the air is moister and thus will feel muggier.

From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2025

Across part of the felted roof lay a torn piece of old blanket, wet with dew.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

The stillness of noon, the depths of twilight, and the dews and pearls of the morning, are all to be found on the | canvases of this most benevolent and kindhearted man.

From Time Magazine Archive

After long basking on the French Riviera, Somerset Maugham returned to London for a ten-week chill in Britain's foggy-foggy autumnal dews.

From Time Magazine Archive

While the groups that attacked Javits professed to reflect the dews of U.S.

From Time Magazine Archive

He stooped to remove his shoes, damp with the heavy dews of pasture and field.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt

She was placed upon a chair; she sat as one bereft of reason; her face was pale; and perspiration, the deep dews of agony, gathered upon her brow.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. by Various

In the Philippines a native combo dewed the eyes of the crew of an LST with a proud performance of Stardust.

From Time Magazine Archive

A cold sweat dewed on my neck as I descended the stairs.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

The sky is pale blue there, dewed with yellow.

From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz

I crammed my ribbon tie in my vest pocket and unbuttoned my collar, wiping at the clammy sweat dewed on my neck.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

In the corner of my eye, I could only see a hint of him—eyes as incandescently blue as the heart of fire, a briar of dark hair dewed with lagoon water.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Sadly not, for the dewing is done by sprinklers, and the baby is alone.

From The New Yorker ● Apr. 5, 2019

In our isle’s enchanted hall, Hands unseen thy couch are strewing, Fairy strains of music fall, Every sense in slumber dewing.

From Born to Wander A Boy's Book of Nomadic Adventures by Gordon Stables

Captain West spoke to the mate, who bawled the order along, and the watch, reinforced by the watch below, began dewing up the mainsail and foresail and climbing into the rigging.

From The Mutiny of the Elsinore by Jack London

I could see the lips whitening and drying, the forehead dewing with tiny beads of perspiration.

From The Sixth Sense A Novel by Stephen McKenna

"I say, Capting," said a tall Yankee in a fur hat, to Peter, "what may yew calculate dewing on Long Island?"

From Red, White, Blue Socks, Part First Being the First Book by Sarah L. Barrow