How to Use misty in a Sentence

misty

adjective

• I've a misty understanding of the issue but not so much that I could vote intelligently.
• The Sabers attack couldn’t get on track on a misty night at Horlick Field.
  — Mark Stewart, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Oct. 2017
• The vibe seems misty and wistful, although a gallery note characterizes it as tragic.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2024
• Being a part of the crowd was a truly moving experience, enough to make this fan and those around me a little misty-eyed.
  — Peter King, SI.com, 9 Oct. 2017
• Wednesday is probably the wetter of the two days with periods of rain, while Thursday may be more misty.
  — Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2017
• That misty blanket also masked the other leaf-oglers; for a moment, Ken and Alina could see only each other.
  — Anndee Hochman, Philly.com, 9 Aug. 2017
• Mexico is a beautiful young girl emerging from an equally beautiful, misty river in a place that threatens the safety of both.
  — Lawrence Toppman, charlotteobserver, 9 Dec. 2017
• The surprise find was announced in the journal Nature, and scientists have been traipsing over the misty coastal barrens to these cliffs and ledges ever since.
  — Neil Ever Osborne, Smithsonian, 30 Sep. 2017
• This also creates a nice contrast in textures because the foliage and flowers of caryopteris are finely textured with a misty look that is so appealing.
  — Nancy Brachey, charlotteobserver, 4 Sep. 2017
• Could white residents find common purpose with their black neighbors, not through a misty-eyed southern pride or even tolerance, but through mutual respect — through love?
  — Lance Warren, Longreads, 14 Oct. 2017
• With dozens of institutions of higher learning in the metro area, scores of really smart, somewhat overwhelmed-looking college kids and their misty-eyed parents were in town.
  — Beth Dreher, Woman's Day, 22 Sep. 2017
• From the casual to the devoted, spectators turned out in gray and misty Milwaukee to watch a parade marking Labor Day.
  — Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 4 Sep. 2017
• The weather in the area was cloudy and misty at the time of the crash.
  — USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2019
• The way the bright light made the white walls seem misty blue.
  — Jenna Birch, Health.com, 20 May 2020
• Out of the window, the cold and misty lagoon meets my gaze.
  — Gianluca Longo, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Apr. 2024
• This galaxy can be seen by the naked eye as a misty patch of light.
  — Arnold Pearlstein, sun-sentinel.com, 25 Aug. 2019
• The overcast and misty weather helped, and the winds didn’t pick up too much during the course of the day.
  — Sam Farmer, latimes.com, 13 June 2019
• The weather is dark and dreary, thick clouds with a misty rain.
  — Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 8 Dec. 2019
• Three hours’ drive from the misty cloud forest, the city of Cobán is awash in color.
  — Max Falkowitz, Saveur, 28 Nov. 2018
• Were the green fields, the ghostly cows, the misty air in the falling light enough to make life worth living?
  — J.r. Patterson, Washington Post, 29 July 2022
• The set piece ends on a close-up of a misty-eyed Aimee, sandwiched and smiling among her peers at the back of the bus.
  — Christi Carras Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2021
• Liang got misty-eyed talking about what her role means to her.
  — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Apr. 2021
• Ellen got misty-eyed; behind her, a screen scrolled through Airbnb.org.
  — Molly Osberg, Curbed, 24 Mar. 2022
• Out of the misty Barcelona landscape comes a gem of a soccer player.
  — Henry Flynn, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021
• Read the full letter, below, and try not to get a little misty eyed.
  — Abby Gardner, Glamour, 14 Jan. 2019
• The sky was misty and gray and the tower's windows glowed with a warm and welcoming light.
  — Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 4 Nov. 2021
• Some of you are even misty over the memory of Cedrick Wilson.
  — Dallas News, 5 Apr. 2022
• The view over the chilly, misty Coombsville region is gorgeous.
  — Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 27 Feb. 2018
• The landscape was still stunningly white and serene, with a thin layer of snow on the ground and a misty white haze in the air.
  — Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 29 Jan. 2020
• The opening sequence alone, which patiently watches the sun rise over misty mountains dense with forests, sets the tone for what follows.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 20 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Sep 2024