moist
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The result is a crumb that is delicate, every forkful a moist, subtlety sweet bite.
From Salon ● Sep. 26, 2026
Despite the cloud, it will feel warm and humid due to the south-westerly winds dragging in warm and moist air from the mid-Atlantic.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
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
Water vapor tracking simulations showed that the dipole circulation directed moist air from the midlatitude Indian Ocean toward East Antarctica and allowed more atmospheric rivers to reach the continent.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
The bread formed moist balls inside my mouth, no matter how much I chewed it.
From "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago
As it has shifted slightly further north and to the east, the result has been a south-easterly airflow causing hotter and moister air to spread into the UK.
From BBC ● Jun. 24, 2026
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
If you add honey instead of regular sugar in baked goods, keep in mind that honey imparts a softer, moister texture.
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2024
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
They do well alike in mountain pastures and amid the herbage of the moistest plainland.
From Domesticated Animals Their Relation to Man and to his Advancement in Civilization by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
It avoids the direct sunlight and dodges about among the scrub growing under the deep shade of tall trees in the hottest and moistest valleys.
From The Heart of Nature or, The Quest for Natural Beauty by Sir Francis Edward Younghusband
