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How to use moisten in a sentence

10 example sentences · verb

Moisten means to make moist or moister. Example: “She put on some lip balm to moisten her lips.”

Examples of moisten by meaning

verbTo make moist or moister.

  • She put on some lip balm to moisten her lips.

verbTo become moist or moister.

  • His eyes began to moisten as he held back tears.

More sentences with moisten

  • If you undermix, the floury spots will probably moisten up in baking.2006, Nicolette M. Dumke, The ultimate food allergy cookbook and survival guide. From the entry undermix
  • My lips seemed suddenly dry and I moistened them against the need of speech.1904, Jack London, chapter 32, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC. From the entry take one's eyes off
  • For lightly exuding wounds or nonexuding wounds, place the dressing on the wound, and moisten it with normal saline solution.2012, Cathy Thomas Hess, Clinical Guide to Skin and Wound Care, page 159. From the entry nonexuding
  • Cruciferae, an Asiatic plant which curls up in a dry wickerlike ball when dry and opens out when moistened.1968, Owen C. Watson, English Larousse. From the entry wickerlike
  • The contents of mine flew through the air and came to rest on the trousers of Aubrey Upjohn, MA, moistening them to no little extent.1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XIX, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC. From the entry trousers
  • In the local newspaper office, the printer sprinkled the sheets with water to moisten them for the new impressions and with homeset type printed the rest of the paper.2002, Charles Johanningsmeier, Fiction and the American Literary Marketplace, →ISBN, page 42. From the entry homeset
  • So Lyra clung to Pantalaimon and her head swam and her gorge rose, and cold as the night was, a sickly sweat moistened her flesh with something colder still.1996 April, Philip Pullman, “Fencing”, in The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials; 1), 1st US edition, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf…. From the entry gorge
  • With her own dried tongue, she bent to moisten into relaxation its indrawn blue lips, and breathing on the clenched, congested hands, tried as unavailingly to lessen their terrible tension.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia…. From the entry unavailingly

Meaning of moisten

  1. verb To make moist or moister.
  2. verb To become moist or moister.

Full definition of moisten

Questions about moisten in a sentence

How do you use moisten in a sentence?
Moisten is used as a verb. For example: “She put on some lip balm to moisten her lips.”
What is a short sentence with moisten?
“His eyes began to moisten as he held back tears.”
What does moisten mean?
Moisten means to make moist or moister.

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