mist

Example Sentences

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“Administrators reeled, choking on its noxious reek, as it tore their offices asunder. Cut slips, tardy slips, suspension notices, bad conduct notices, report cards--all were swept away in its churning mist. It was...the RED TIDE.”

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2023

The hot air escaping from the chamber caused the flame to flicker, but presently details of the room within emerged from the mist. x Can you see anything q?”

From New York Times • Nov. 20, 2010

“This woman, she is in a swirling mist. She is fading in and out, hovering between life and death. I see her grasping, begging—she doesn’t want to leave us. Wait!”

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan

“He got a message to me—he sent it on a breath of mist. He is gaining in his power.”

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell

“We’re in for some mysterious trouble,” whispered Fiver, “and it’s not elil. It feels more like—like mist. Like being deceived and losing our way.”

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams