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Example sentences for "misty"

Lexicographically close words:
mistrustful; mistrusting; mistrusts; mists; mistus; misunderstand; misunderstanding; misunderstandings; misunderstands; misunderstood
  1. An hour after dark a misty object loomed out of mid-stream.

  2. Nathan silently clasped the other's hand and for some minutes the two lads sat without speaking, gazing over the misty waters and listening to the sad music of the falls.

  3. McGuire's eyes were misty with a blurring of tears that were partly from excitement, but more from a feeling of helpless remonstrance that was mingled with pure pride.

  4. There was a persistent buzz in the air, as if a great swarm of bees had settled over the misty valley.

  5. Underfoot the ground was russet, and through the misty woods she saw the leaves still falling against a dim blue perspective.

  6. A chain of lights and shadows ran before them into the misty purple of the distance, where the dim trees went up like gothic spires.

  7. Beyond them spreads the misty moon-irradiated plain of Umbria.

  8. Misty reaches of the Adriatic close the world to eastward.

  9. The sea-wind murmuring through these thickets at nightfall or misty sunrise, conveys no fever to the peasants stretched among their flowers.

  10. The deafening roar of his flood sounded like thunder in her ears, and his misty breath blew cold upon her cheek.

  11. He rubbed his eyes, thinking he must still be dreaming; for out of the stream beside him there rose a wondrous form of a maiden clad all in misty white.

  12. Illustration: Out of the stream beside him there rose a wondrous form of a maiden clad all in misty white.

  13. Ah, Paris, between thee and me lies many a weary league of barren waters and many a misty mountain chain.

  14. But, remembering the words of the king, he turned and fled before her through the misty halls and out by the great gate, where Cerberus lay tamed with his heads between his paws.

  15. The sky has become so trustworthy, that it more than fulfils through the day that which it promises in the morning with its sad and misty eyes.

  16. And the worker worked from the misty dawn, Till the east was golden and red; But the dreamer's dream which he thought to scorn, Lived on when they both were dead.

  17. Margot's illness, and who had been the girl's companion on the misty moor.

  18. And now he's safe beyond our ken Upon the steep and misty hill.

  19. The fog thinned off, and showed the Anzac in still autumn sunshine, pushing through a misty expanse of grey landlocked bays.

  20. On reaching Samoa she lay in the open roadstead, facing misty hills, among which rose steep green cones of long-dead volcanoes.

  21. The misty beauty of white lace mantillas, the glitter and color of fans and festival dresses, made a moving picture of great beauty.

  22. The misty air blurred and made all indistinct.

  23. There is no study more fascinating than to trace the slow changes stamping themselves ineradicably upon the Teutonic mind and soul during these misty far-off centuries of turmoil.

  24. Then we shaped our course for the Islands of Æolus, or the Winds, and the Lipari archipelago, all volcanic cones whose outlines were misty as Ossian's spectres.

  25. He scrambled up rather sourly, and was about to cross the court to the wood-lodge when he heard a faint “halloo” coming from the misty stillness of the wooded slopes of the valley.

  26. It was a still and rather misty morning with moisture dropping from the trees, and the grass wet and boggy.

  27. But dim are the days that are gone, and darkly around me they wander, Like the pale, misty face of the moon when she walks through the storm of the winter; And sadly they speak in my ear.

  28. The dead sun sinks beyond the misty hills; The chill winds whistle in the leafless elms; The cold rain patters on the fallen leaves.

  29. Around them on every side the great desert lay under its seas of soft color, its veils of misty light and streaming scarfs of lilac and rose.

  30. Watching, he saw the purple of the hills deepen and deepen and the wondrous light on the wide sea of colors fade slowly out as the colors themselves paled and grew dim in the misty dusk of the coming night.

  31. Suddenly he found himself upon the edge of a precipice, till now unseen; misty dull purple filled with air and yawned beneath his feet as if the void and endless heaven were below no less than above.

  32. See the misty sunlight and the delicate shadows!

  33. They were nearing the town walls; and the misty morning sun shone upon the dome of the cathedral, and the quaint tower of the Palazzo Vecchio.

  34. He went on at once to remark on the misty outlines of the larch trees along both banks of the straight canal called the Naviglio Grande, which carried the eye into the distance by their long rows.

  35. It was a warm misty afternoon, towards the close of spring, in the year 1505.

  36. Jocund day Stands tiptoe on the misty mountain-tops.

  37. And there was a tremor in his lip, and a dilatation in his eye, which at length grew misty with a tear that gathered, but did not fall.

  38. Lafe and his wife were waiting for the girl, and the cobbler noticed Peggy's eyes were misty as Jinnie gave her the money.

  39. Lafe, smoothing Jinnie's head now buried in his breast, lifted misty eyes to the young man.

  40. The warmth of his arms, the shining, misty eyes, set her to shivering convulsively and shaking with happiness.

  41. As far north as he could see, the marsh stretched out in misty greenness.

  42. Then the immense plain of the delta formed by the two arms of the Rio Gila (which from east to west cuts for itself a double passage through the chain of the Misty Mountains) displayed itself in all its sombre majesty.

  43. The bandit, instead of passing through the hedge of cotton-trees, took the road to the Misty Mountains, towards the spot where his horse was fastened.

  44. And if he should wish anything, it would be that it had been the time of year for it, and for me to ride by his side on a sweet misty mornings to hear this goodly music and to be recreated with this excellent diversion.

  45. The lofty wall of forest, with the beautiful crowns of Assai palms standing out from it on their slender, arching stems, looked dim and strange through the misty curtain.

  46. On the night of the 22nd the moon appeared with a misty halo.


  47. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "misty" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.