How to Use water vapor in a Sentence

water vapor

noun

• The pressure of the water vapor pushes paint off the wood.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2024
• The storms are airborne rivers of water vapor pushed by wind.
  — Ben Tracy, CBS News, 31 Jan. 2024
• In the WASP-96b spectrum, the peaks indicate the presence of water vapor.
  — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 19 July 2022
• The illusions of fire emit water vapor that looks like tufts of smoke.
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2022
• The volcano increased the amount of water vapor in the stratosphere by 5 percent, one study found.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2023
• The Xinjiang region, which was home to the giraffoid, was more arid due to the rise of the Tibetan Plateau in the south, which blocked the movement of water vapor.
  — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 2 June 2022
• One of the two teams also looked for evidence of plumes of water vapor erupting from the moon’s surface.
  — Margaret Osborne, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Sep. 2023
• In the image of the exoplanet WASP-96b, water vapor was seen.
  — Rivka Galchen, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022
• The jet stream helps with development and transport of storm systems and water vapor across the globe.
  — Max Golembo, ABC News, 11 Jan. 2023
• The spectrograph detected telltale signs of water vapor in the form of clouds and haze.
  — Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2022
• Clouds form when water vapor sticks to tiny particles floating in the air.
  — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Sep. 2021
• The teal cloud is most likely water vapor from the eruption, with other gases seen as well.
  — Discover Magazine, 16 Oct. 2022
• This product does not allow water vapor to pass through it.
  — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 30 Mar. 2024
• These nifty skin-care tools mist warm, soothing water vapor on your skin, making your skin (and even your mind) feel refreshed in the process.
  — Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 14 Feb. 2022
• These rivers of water vapor can extend thousands of miles.
  — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2022
• But cold air can’t hold as much water vapor as warm air, so cold air close to the ground is easier to saturate.
  — Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Dec. 2022
• The one that brought all manner of chaos to Los Angeles this week formed when water vapor rose from the sea’s surface somewhere east of Hawaii.
  — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2024
• As the droplet got hotter, minuscule bubbles of water vapor began to form between the droplet and the oil, then moved away.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 21 Jan. 2022
• Storms can bring humid conditions and high levels of water vapor in the air.
  — Claire Reid, Journal Sentinel, 1 July 2024
• Atmospheric rivers are streams of water vapor in the sky.
  — NBC News, 6 Feb. 2024
• The cold front has been reeling in water vapor from the Pacific Ocean into the atmosphere.
  — Gerry Díaz, San Francisco Chronicle, 4 Mar. 2023
• That’s all that pesky water vapor the carbon dioxide emissions are adding to the atmosphere.
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2024
• In recent years, telescopes have detected signs of plumes of water vapor spewing out of the cracks and into space.
  — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2022
• This included the mandatory dark clouds, and a mildly humid hint that water vapor filled the air.
  — Martin Weil, Washington Post, 17 June 2023
• Any that did form should quickly freeze or evaporate due to the extremely low pressure and a lack of water vapor.
  — Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 11 May 2023
• Scientists have observed plumes of water vapor shooting from the surface of Enceladus, one of the moons of Saturn.
  — Saugat Bolakhe, Quanta Magazine, 17 July 2023
• As plants transpire, or release water vapor from their leaves, the air around them becomes more humid.
  — Emily Belfiore, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Dec. 2021
• The eruption shot record amounts of heat-trapping water vapor into the atmosphere.
  — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2023
• Atmospheric rivers are long water vapor streams formed about a mile above Earth.
  — Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2022
• Last year, a study looking at temperature and water vapor data found that much of the area burned by wildfires in the West over the past several decades was tied to emissions produced by the largest fossil fuel and cement companies.
  — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 29 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 27 Sep 2024