How to Use humid in a Sentence

humid

adjective
  • If the air is not humid and the wood stays dry, the mildew should not come back.
    Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Hot, humid; some rain and a t-storm in the a.m., then a heavy t-storm.
    Allison Kiehl, The Enquirer, 31 July 2024
  • The dough wasn’t behaving the same way in the city’s less humid air.
    Janelle Bitker, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Feb. 2022
  • One was the sullen sky and swampy feel of humid late July.
    Martin Weil, Washington Post, 30 July 2022
  • The tree does best in a climate with hot and humid summers.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Still on the humid side for mid-October with dew points in the low-to-mid 60s.
    Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2021
  • That means no respite in the form of air conditioning from the humid heat of the South.
    NBC News, 31 Aug. 2021
  • The more humid the air, the more the desiccant can take moisture out, which is the bases of the cooling.
    IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2024
  • The remnants of a cold front stalled out just to the southeast of the District with a warm and humid air mass in place.
    Washington Post, 17 Sep. 2021
  • The air moistens a bit, with dew points eyeing the more humid mid-60s by late day.
    Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2021
  • The dense forest cover kept the air cool but humid, and I was soaked through with sweat.
    Alexander Sammon, The New Republic, 16 Feb. 2022
  • Heat waves keep the humid air hanging like a blanket, day and night.
    Stephanie Hanes, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Alabama will be stuck in a hot and humid airmass to the south of a cold front.
    Leigh Morgan, al, 6 June 2022
  • Trump’s voice, more raspy and tired than usual, echoed, and the air had become humid.
    Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Tip: Don’t try to make meringues on a very humid or damp day; the egg whites won’t whip up to their full volume.
    Hugh Garvey, Sunset Magazine, 22 Nov. 2023
  • This yields collisions between warm, humid air to the south and cold, dry air to the north.
    Andrew Freedman, Axios, 28 Dec. 2024
  • Summer jumped in fast this year and the weather got hot and humid quickly.
    Janet B. Carson, Arkansas Online, 17 June 2023
  • Mostly cloudy and humid with a couple of heavy t-storms.
    The Enquirer, 8 May 2023
  • La Forêt Rêve is a dream getaway to the humid heart of the Mexican jungle.
    Pia Velasco, ELLE, 31 Aug. 2023
  • This means that in humid places like Florida, there’s a lot of water in the air to pull from.
    Emily Mullin, WIRED, 14 Oct. 2024
  • The storms are part of the monsoon that’s been leaving the region sticky and humid since last weekend.
    Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Aug. 2022
  • The heat index in North Texas will flirt with 100 degrees this week, with warm and humid days in the forecast.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2024
  • The pattern looks hot, humid, and mostly dry across North Texas for the weekend.
    Dallas News, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Israel is very hot and humid with more then 300 days of sunshine.
    Brad Japhe, Forbes, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Kratom is a tree in the coffee plant family that thrives in the hot and humid rainforests of the tropics.
    Dallas News, 10 Nov. 2022
  • Is there anything worse than a style that crumbles in the face of hot, humid weather?
    ELLE, 23 Apr. 2022
  • Lupines are short-lived in areas with hot and humid summers.
    Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2024
  • By mid-to-late afternoon, the sun has come out in the metro area for the most part with humid conditions.
    Shanzeh Ahmad, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2022
  • The thick, humid air on Winner’s front lawn trills with lazy crickets.
    Naveen Kumar, Variety, 11 Oct. 2021
  • Miss Mayhem stepping out in the world, relishing the humid heat, the bustling, anonymous streets.
    Lizz Schumer, People.com, 11 Dec. 2024

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