How to Use water vapor in a Sentence

water vapor

noun
  • Warm air can hold more water vapor, while cold air can hold less.
    — Yunyao Li, The Conversation, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Cold air can't hold much water vapor, but warm air can be quite moist.
    — Steven Senne, National Geographic, 2 Mar. 2018
  • The dew point is the measure of how much water vapor is in the air.
    — Christopher Cann, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The higher the dew point, the more water vapor the air holds.
    — Scott Dance, baltimoresun.com, 14 June 2019
  • As our planet heats up, warmer air can hold more water vapor.
    — Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • The storms are airborne rivers of water vapor pushed by wind.
    — Ben Tracy, CBS News, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The water vapor will disperse across your dog's body and keep them cool.
    — Emily Belfiore, PEOPLE.com, 12 July 2021
  • Warmer air retains more water vapor, which can lead to more rain as rain clouds form.
    — Alison Bridger, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2017
  • Warm air can hold more water vapor, so warm, moist rooms are places where mold is likely to grow.
    — Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 17 Mar. 2025
  • That causes water vapor in the air to condense and form clouds.
    — Geoff Fox, Slate Magazine, 3 Jan. 2018
  • The illusions of fire emit water vapor that looks like tufts of smoke.
    — Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2022
  • The clouds seem to form as water vapor freezes into ice crystals at this height.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2021
  • And that upward boost means more water vapor turns to raindrops.
    — Scott K. Johnson, Ars Technica, 16 Nov. 2018
  • The air must be both humid enough to have water vapor present and cold enough for that vapor to freeze.
    — Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 20 Feb. 2020
  • These rivers of water vapor can extend thousands of miles.
    — Doyle Rice, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Humidity is the amount of water vapor in the air, and our fog is full of it.
    — Nick Hoppe, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 June 2018
  • In other words, there is a lot of water vapor that can be converted to rain.
    — Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • With less water vapor to heat up, the sun's energy heats up the air instead.
    — Chloe Jones, The Arizona Republic, 28 Sep. 2020
  • These areas get less sunlight, stay cooler and cannot hold much water vapor.
    — Yunyao Li, The Conversation, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Clouds form when water vapor sticks to tiny particles floating in the air.
    — Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Sep. 2021
  • With less water vapor in the air, less heat is trapped at night, leading to cooler mornings.
    — Mary Wasson, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
  • The lizards fled in response to smoke but were unphased by water vapor, wildfire sounds or white noise.
    — Clarissa Brincat, Scientific American, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Strong winds help to carry the water vapor through the atmosphere.
    — Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Air can hold only a limited amount of water vapor.
    — Yunyao Li, The Conversation, 27 Apr. 2026
  • There's water as a gas (water vapor), as a liquid (that wet stuff), and as a solid (ice).
    — Rhett Allain, Wired, 20 Feb. 2021
  • The only waste product is water vapor.
    — Michael Taylor, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • When there is already a lot of water vapor in the air, evaporation slows down.
    — Yunyao Li, The Conversation, 27 Apr. 2026
  • The teal cloud is most likely water vapor from the eruption, with other gases seen as well.
    — Discover Magazine, 16 Oct. 2022
  • As that ice particle falls, more and more minuscule bits of water vapor freezes to it.
    — Laura Kiniry, Popular Science, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Those healed by weak hydrogen bonds are sensitive to water vapor in the air.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 18 Apr. 2016

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