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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

Rub a cut lemon around the rim of your serving dish to moisten.

From Washington Times ● May 28, 2023

You need gravy on Thanksgiving to aid the turkey, moisten the potatoes, douse the stuffing.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 13, 2022

For birds, depending on the weather, you’ll need a blanket to cover the carrier and trap heat or a spray bottle to moisten feathers.

From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2022

As she spoke, her eyes began to moisten.

From "Half Upon a Time" by James Riley

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

The teeth and jaw mechanically chew the food, and saliva from the salivary glands moistens the food and initiates mechanical and chemical digestion.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

Saliva contains mucus that moistens food and buffers the pH of the food.

From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022

“That moistens your mouth to get it ready to spit,” he said.

From Washington Post

He rises in the bed, moistens a cloth in a dish of water standing near the bed, and changes the application on his wound.

From Hania by Henryk Sienkiewicz

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

Mix, scraping the bowl as needed, just until the dough is evenly moistened, 1 to 2 minutes.

From Washington Times ● Aug. 15, 2023

You want enough oil so that all the crumbs will be lightly moistened.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 11, 2023

Only a few months before, she’d been peeling and stewing the soft food he ate, changing his diapers, cleaning his bedding and pajamas, and harrying his body with moistened towels and Q-tips.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

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

Chiles relleno filled with picadillo are traditionally served with a tomato soup, which soaks into the ground meat, moistening the dish.

From Washington Post ● Sep. 7, 2022

On his last day of school on Friday, Mr. Esquivel thanked each of his teachers, his eyes moistening as they described him as a gift to the school community.

From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2022

I rose to my feet, moistening my dry lips.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros