mizzle

Example Sentences

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The location has been changed due to weather, the official said, after rainy mist - known as "mizzle" by locals - enveloped the sandy beaches and ragged coastline of the southern English county of Cornwall.

From Reuters

By the time I left the cathedral it was already dark, mizzling, the kind of rain that looks like mist but drenches you in minutes.

From The New Yorker

Yet for the Seahawks the murk and mizzle of this grey Wembley evening felt like a home away from home as they pummelled the Oakland Raiders 27-3.

From Seattle Times

Yet for the Seahawks the murk and mizzle of this grey Wembley evening felt like a home from home as they pummelled the Oakland Raiders 27-3.

From The Guardian

We have many names for rain, from mizzle to drizzle, torrents to downpours.

From The Guardian