moisten
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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
Spread the spores evenly over the substrate and gently moisten it once, then mist or spray it with water twice daily, keeping it consistently moist but not soggy.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
Holding the beaker in Lyra’s mouth, she tilted it to let a drop moisten the girl’s lips.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
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 begins chemical digestion.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 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
“That moistens your mouth to get it ready to spit,” he said.
From Washington Post
Mucous membranes are so named because they secrete mucus, the fluid which moistens the nose, mouth, and all parts of the respiratory tract.
From Voice Production in Singing and Speaking Based on Scientific Principles (Fourth Edition, Revised and Enlarged) by Wesley Mills
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
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 ● Nov. 30, 2025
They pump the CO₂ into a sealed vessel containing the moistened coffee beans, and the caffeine molecules dissolve in the CO₂.
From Salon ● Jul. 23, 2024
Stir in buttermilk with a broad spatula until just moistened.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 24, 2023
Together they had moistened Claire’s dry lips with water and her tongue had moved slightly.
From "Son" by Lois Lowry
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
Under normal conditions, that melting should continue through the spring and well into summer, filling the state’s man-made reservoirs and moistening soils and plants.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 1, 2022
I rose to my feet, moistening my dry lips.
From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros
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