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How to use dewy in a sentence

11 example sentences · adjective

Dewy means covered by dew. Example: “The dewy grass was too slick for football.”

Examples of dewy by meaning

adjectiveCovered by dew.

  • The dewy grass was too slick for football.

adjectiveHaving the quality of bearing droplets of water.

  • In the dewy fog, it was cold and damp.

adjectiveFresh and innocent.

  • Simplicity in life, simplicity in art, and a dewy freshness over all.2009, Bernfried Nugel, Jerome Meckier, Aldous Huxley Annual, →ISBN, page 23

More sentences with dewy

  • Typically the "clean girl" makeup involves fluffy brows, dewy skin, flushed cheeks and glossy lips.2022 February 10, Emilie Eisenberg, “What is the 'clean girl aesthetic' and why is it all over my TikTok FYP?”, in The Tab, archived from…. From the entry clean girl
  • No, not a pink-faced, dripping sweat; nevertheless, a little dewy under the arms and around your forehead.2001, Karon Karter, The Complete Idiot's Guide to the Pilates Method, →ISBN, page 119. From the entry break a sweat
  • Row upon dewy row; serried ranks of cheese and cucumber, and watercressed egg, and mustardy ham.2000, Paul Golding, The Abomination, Picador, →ISBN, page 87. From the entry mustardy
  • That dewy, bee-jelly push that flesh had when it was bent on doubling itself.1972, Hortense Calisher, Standard Dreaming, New York, N.Y.: Arbor House, →ISBN, page 88. From the entry pillowiness
  • Summer is the season for dewy skin.2022 November 25, Kimberley Schoeman, “Objects of Desire”, in Mail & Guardian. From the entry clean girl
  • I watched YouTube videos of dewy, glowing “skinfluencers” to learn the molecular differences between an essence and a toner.2020 September 4, André-Naquian Wheeler, “I Have Clear Skin, Now What? Confessions From the Other Side of Adult Acne”, in Vogue. From the entry skinfluencer
  • No actress that I know can so mingle dewy pathos and the salt of sanity: yet she must forego these in favour of gumptionless Dianas.1924, James Agate, The Contemporary Theatre. From the entry gumptionless
  • Adjust the volume, tweak the contours, refine the timing and, if need be, fiddle with the setting, and the hoariest yuck-fest can seem as dewy as a morning in May.2007 August 2, Ben Brantley, “Titters, Snickers and Guffaws, With a British Accent”, in New York Times. From the entry refine

Meaning of dewy

  1. adjective Covered by dew.
  2. adjective Having the quality of bearing droplets of water.
  3. adjective Resembling or characteristic of dew.

Full definition of dewy

Questions about dewy in a sentence

How do you use dewy in a sentence?
Dewy is used as an adjective. For example: “The dewy grass was too slick for football.”
What is a short sentence with dewy?
“Summer is the season for dewy skin.”
What does dewy mean?
Dewy means covered by dew.

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