How to Use hazy in a Sentence

hazy

adjective
  • We had only a hazy view of the mountain.
  • He gave us a hazy account of how he had spent the last two weeks.
  • She has only hazy memories of the accident.
  • The cold front moving through should provide some relief from hazy conditions caused by wildfire smoke.
    Washington Post, 21 July 2021
  • Some might recognize or know the offender; others might have a hazy memory of a face or a first name.
    Alison Bowen, chicagotribune.com, 8 July 2021
  • By Sunday afternoon, some cities in Texas had already seen some hazy skies thanks to the Saharan dust.
    New York Times, 12 July 2021
  • Though his time with his father ended at an age when memories are hazy for most, Sean’s recollections are unusually vivid.
    Jordan Runtagh, People.com, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Much of the United States is under an ominous, hazy sky on Tuesday as smoke spreads from the massive wildfires in the West.
    Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 20 July 2021
  • Anaïs, Bulcão's youngest daughter, says the darkest days of the pandemic in France are already becoming a hazy memory to her.
    John Leicester and Mauricio Savarese, Star Tribune, 1 July 2021
  • Western wildfires, from states as far as Oregon, have brought hazy orange skies, across the country to Connecticut, Tuesday.
    Jessika Harkay, courant.com, 20 July 2021
  • Smoke from wildfires in Canada has climbed into the upper levels of the atmosphere and drifted over Wisconsin, giving the sky a hazy look.
    Joe Taschler, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 July 2021
  • The Joneses’ hazy origins in England presented a similar problem for the Rhinelanders.
    Bryan Greene, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Nov. 2024
  • Even the color of the stars will change if the skies are hazy.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 2 Feb. 2022
  • For a long time, consent has been a hazy area in the eyes of the law.
    Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 24 Nov. 2021
  • Thick hazy air sat like a fog bank over the Twin Cities.
    Star Tribune, 30 July 2021
  • Smoke filled the air, and the glow of the fire colored the landscape a hazy orange.
    Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2024
  • Austin shows a hazy series of lights in the evening sky near Brushy Creek.
    R. Dallon Adams, Chron, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Their Sky Kraken, a hazy pale on the lighter side, is a good place to start.
    Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2024
  • The chords of the national anthem echo through the hazy halls.
    Jacob Stern, The Atlantic, 18 Nov. 2021
  • But the hazy details aren't what has Kyle the most rattled.
    Jodi Walker, EW.com, 16 Sep. 2021
  • It’s been more than a decade, so I’m allowed to be a bit hazy on the topic.
    Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 9 Aug. 2024
  • A lot of what happened that day remains hazy, kind of a blur.
    Erik Brady, USA TODAY, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Only about 40 of her works are known to exist, and the details of her life are hazy.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Nov. 2023
  • So the point is, the future will be hazy–and possibly smoke-filled.
    Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 9 June 2023
  • But experts have a hazier view of the building wave than in prior years.
    WIRED, 3 Aug. 2023
  • The journey to the U.S. was so long and arduous it's taken on the hazy contours of a bad dream.
    Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2022
  • The fire sizzles down to embers, casting the area in a hazy orange glow.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 Feb. 2023
  • But ancient cave dwellers weren’t sitting around the fire quaffing crisp lagers and hazy IPAs.
    Leslie Shapiro, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
  • At the time, the WGA had hazy yet oddly firm rules against promotion.
    Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2023
  • Bar Scene is a dark, hazy painting of men at a crowded pub.
    Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 July 2024

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'hazy.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: