moisten
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This and other recent rainfall have done much to moisten the landscape and make it harder for blazes to start.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2025
Just moisten the potting mix, preferably one with a high percentage of organic matter, to help the blocks hold their shape.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 24, 2024
They love hot, dry conditions, but they need the occasional downpour to moisten the soil in which they incubate their eggs.
From New York Times ● Feb. 14, 2024
Then, they used energy dissipation models to compare the seals' ability to warm and moisten air during inhalation and to reduce heat and moisture loss during exhalation.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 14, 2023
Back in the Cavendish Lab in Cambridge he built an artificial cloud chamber–a simple device in which he could cool and moisten the air, creating a reasonable model of a cloud in laboratory conditions.
From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson
You'll be in awe of the soft, warm pockets of spiced, tender apple, as well as how much the apple moistens the cake.
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2022
The teeth and jaw mechanically chew the food, and saliva from the salivary glands moistens the food and initiates mechanical and chemical digestion.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
Saliva contains mucus that moistens food and buffers the pH of the food.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
“That moistens your mouth to get it ready to spit,” he said.
From Washington Post
The clay, or mud, she moistens, then moulds it, little by little, into the vase, which she fastens on to a twig.
From Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies by Jeannette Augustus Marks
The mark is made with the moistened ashes of palms that were burned after the previous year’s Palm Sunday.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
Add about half the heavy cream, and fold gently until the dry ingredients are just barely moistened.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 15, 2023
Mix, scraping the bowl as needed, just until the dough is evenly moistened, 1 to 2 minutes.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 15, 2023
When he was told they had heard nothing, his eyes moistened for a moment, then he blinked, thanked the team and turned back to the site with his uncle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 12, 2023
Only a few months before, she’d been peeling and stewing the soft food he ate, changing his diapers, cleaning his bedding and pajamas, and harrying his body with moistened towels and Q-tips.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
The teacher bristled, with anger moistening her eyes: “Just think of where you would prefer to live.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
In other words, extra heat and moisture from the warm sea surface are moistening the atmospheric river storms as they approach California, making them more likely to deliver heavy rainfall.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2024
A wet March has provided a welcome partial relief to farmers by moistening soil ahead of planting but underground water levels remain dangerously low, especially around the Mediterranean.
From BBC ● May 5, 2023
On his last day of school on Friday, Mr. Esquivel thanked each of his teachers, his eyes moistening as they described him as a gift to the school community.
From New York Times ● Jun. 15, 2022
The manservant, Rogers, had been moistening his lips and twisting his hands.
From "And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie
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