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 way the bright light made the white walls seem misty blue.
    — Jenna Birch, Health.com, 20 May 2020
  • Liang got misty-eyed talking about what her role means to her.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Apr. 2021
  • This galaxy can be seen by the naked eye as a misty patch of light.
    — Arnold Pearlstein, sun-sentinel.com, 25 Aug. 2019
  • The weather in the area was cloudy and misty at the time of the crash.
    — USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2019
  • The weather is dark and dreary, thick clouds with a misty rain.
    — Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press, 8 Dec. 2019
  • Who else was caught off guard by the dreary, misty rain this morning?
    — Cate Martel, The Hill, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Gabriella sat misty-eyed, but silent, tight in their embrace.
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Images of parrots and bivouacs, acid-green leaves and misty forests filled my head.
    — Nell Frizzell, Vogue, 5 May 2024
  • His eyes had turned misty at the memory of his mother’s words.
    — Anna Russell, The New Yorker, 3 Jan. 2025
  • And music may be what will keep us sane if misty-eyed in the apocalypse.
    — Lorrie Moore, The New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2020
  • Read the full letter, below, and try not to get a little misty eyed.
    — Abby Gardner, Glamour, 14 Jan. 2019
  • Three hours’ drive from the misty cloud forest, the city of Cobán is awash in color.
    — Max Falkowitz, Saveur, 28 Nov. 2018
  • Out of the misty Barcelona landscape comes a gem of a soccer player.
    — Henry Flynn, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021
  • The misty coolness coming up from the water tingled against my face.
    — ELLE, 24 June 2022
  • 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
  • Flash back to the last time you got caught staring into your smartphone under a misty rain.
    — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 22 July 2024
  • 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 sky was misty and gray and the tower's windows glowed with a warm and welcoming light.
    — Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 4 Nov. 2021
  • Although most of the rain was out of here by sunrise, the morning remained misty and cool.
    — Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2022
  • The bright hue on her face was contrasted with a misty shadow on her eyelids and dark brown brows.
    — Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 9 June 2025
  • The view over the chilly, misty Coombsville region is gorgeous.
    — Esther Mobley, SFChronicle.com, 27 Feb. 2018
  • As the morning brightened, a misty rain cloaked the plants in tiny droplets of liquid gemstones.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Oct. 2020
  • The low-hanging clouds reached their misty tendrils toward us, dousing us in a cool bath of rain.
    — Stefanie Waldek, AFAR Media, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Today, its entire world has shrunk to the cool, misty canopy of the Alakaʻi Plateau.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
  • Key lights of early morning sunshine would dance briefly on the ridges as misty clouds swirled in the distance.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Dec. 2021
  • Here on the north side of the Brooks Range, the misty mountains spill clear-running creeks.
    — Alaska Dispatch News, 29 July 2017
  • Some of you are even misty over the memory of Cedrick Wilson.
    — Dallas News, 5 Apr. 2022
  • Sunday was the day for us OGs to get misty nostalgic about our dads.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 20 June 2022
  • Donati’s eyes were misty, but unlike 20 years ago, this was out of pure joy, not heartbreak.
    — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2022

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