moist
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Experts have told The Times, humidity impedes the body’s ability to cool itself naturally, because the moist atmosphere doesn’t allow for sweat to evaporate as easily, causing you to continue to get warmer.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
Thunderstorms are caused by what is known as convective activity, where moist air close to the ground warms rapidly and rises quickly.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
It was dark and deeply moist, a little earthy without tasting particularly of vegetables, and studded throughout with hunks of chocolate.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
Use extractor fans when cooking or showering because they remove warm, moist air before it spreads through the home.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
I dabbed at my moist eyes, inhaling the faint scent of a greasy cheeseburger and fries.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
A higher dew point means the air is moister and thus will feel muggier.
From Slate ● Jun. 25, 2025
The two systems spin like a pair of intermeshed gears, drawing warmer, moister air up from the mid-Atlantic Ocean into the Arctic, leading to downpours of rain in Svalbard.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 3, 2024
"Where they grow in California, it's cooler and moister than you would typically envisage California to be," he explained.
From BBC ● Mar. 12, 2024
And the drumstick stayed moister than the other birds, with superior flavor.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2023
It was all familiar, the scent of the hedges and the earth and the air, so much cooler and moister than in the south.
From "Inkheart" by Cornelia Funke
She and her son Eric make the cakes from a recipe Doan perfected many years ago: a fluffy cream cheese frosting covered in coconut flakes enrobes the moistest sponge in existence.
From Salon ● May 7, 2024
Old-man’s beard lichen is completely surprising, too, draped from tree branches in the moistest forests.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 18, 2022
Better yet, the juices will have redistributed and you'll be looking at the tenderest, moistest turkey of your life.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2021
May we not recognise in this the hand of bounteous Providence, which has given perhaps the most stony soil in Europe to the moistest climate in it?
From A Tour in Ireland 1776-1779 by Henry Morley
Anim. says, that men have the moistest brain of all living creatures from which the seed proceedeth which is converted into the long hair of the head.
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