moisten
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They had some Palestinian thyme and foraged wild greens to eat, but only that, and just enough water to moisten their mouths once in a while, Mr. Barda told a Times reporter.
From New York Times ● Apr. 23, 2024
Then, they used energy dissipation models to compare the seals' ability to warm and moisten air during inhalation and to reduce heat and moisture loss during exhalation.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 14, 2023
Spread the spores evenly over the substrate and gently moisten it once, then mist or spray it with water twice daily, keeping it consistently moist but not soggy.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
You need gravy on Thanksgiving to aid the turkey, moisten the potatoes, douse the stuffing.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 13, 2022
He reached into the boat and took one of the crumpled towels and dragged it through the grass to moisten it.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
You'll be in awe of the soft, warm pockets of spiced, tender apple, as well as how much the apple moistens the cake.
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2022
Saliva contains mucus that moistens food and buffers the pH of the food.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The teeth and jaw mechanically chew the food, and saliva from the salivary glands moistens the food and begins chemical digestion.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
“That moistens your mouth to get it ready to spit,” he said.
From Washington Post
Even without soap, the soft water moistens the hand, while hard water flows off, just as if the skin had been smeared with oil.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 by Various
The mark is made with the moistened ashes of palms that were burned after the previous year’s Palm Sunday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
Months earlier, in March, farmworkers had used a machine to drop each little plant, grown in a greenhouse, into the moistened soil.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 30, 2025
Add about half the heavy cream, and fold gently until the dry ingredients are just barely moistened.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 15, 2023
Mix, scraping the bowl as needed, just until the dough is evenly moistened, 1 to 2 minutes.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 15, 2023
When I stepped into the foyer, her eyes moistened.
From "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini
The teacher bristled, with anger moistening her eyes: “Just think of where you would prefer to live.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
A wet March has provided a welcome partial relief to farmers by moistening soil ahead of planting but underground water levels remain dangerously low, especially around the Mediterranean.
From BBC ● May 5, 2023
Warning: López has written a play that induces all manner of crying, from a moistening of the eyes to all-out sobbing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 18, 2022
If there’s any residual moisture already present, such as from washing your herbs, I sometimes don’t even bother with initially moistening the towel.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 29, 2022
So every day I filled an old coffee can two or three times and watered around the roots of the bush, moistening the earth until it became spongy.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
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