moisten

Example Sentences

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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

This and other recent rainfall have done much to moisten the landscape and make it harder for blazes to start.

From Los Angeles Times

There’s nothing like a life-and-death situation turning out “life” to moisten one’s eyes, especially if you or a loved one has spent any time in the medical system, or feared the possibility.

From Los Angeles Times

With the air so dry — and not moistening up overnight — it is a “really concerning period for humidities,” Kittell said.

From Los Angeles Times

In the relatively new carbon dioxide method, developed in the early 1970s, producers use high-pressure CO₂ to extract caffeine from moistened coffee beans.

From Salon