How to Use humidify in a Sentence

humidify

verb
  • This will humidify your drive and give you a calming effect.
    Chris Hachey, BGR, 1 June 2021
  • Your nose helps to filter, humidify, and warm the air that gets into your lungs, the Cleveland Clinic explains.
    Korin Miller, Health.com, 7 Feb. 2022
  • The large 2-gallon tank means the machine is powerful enough to cover spacious rooms and can humidify your home for up to 100 hours.
    Health.com, 5 Nov. 2021
  • The water helps humidify the oxygen, but tap water can ruin the equipment.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 19 Mar. 2020
  • Breathe through your nose: Many people turn into mouth breathers when their heart starts pumping, but nose breathing will warm and humidify air more than your mouth will.
    Ashley Abramson, SELF, 26 May 2022
  • The duo-unit humidifies the air with both cool and warm mist options, while the essential oil tray adds versatility.
    Emily Stone Published, Verywell Health, 5 July 2023
  • The kit comes equipped with a rice powder cleanser, a lotus enzyme exfoliator, a humidifying face cream, and a white clay and charcoal body bar to cater to all of your skin care woes.
    Chelsea Hall, ELLE, 28 June 2023
  • Depending on the season, choose between either warm or cool mist to humidify spaces up to 753 square feet.
    Health.com, 5 Nov. 2021
  • Another suggestion is to use a spray bottle and mist the plant daily to keep it healthily humidified.
    Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Most of us do not humidify our homes, so in winter, when your heat has been running for months, all the wood parts that swell in high humidity will shrink, to the point that your trim may show gaps in its seams and corners.
    Duo Dickinson, courant.com, 31 Aug. 2017
  • Secondly, the nose is triggered to produce more secretions via the mucous glands in order to provide the moisture to humidify the air coming through.
    David King, CNN, 13 Dec. 2017
  • This team uses a two-humidor switcheroo scheme to over-humidify the baseballs, in a scandal called Soggyballsgate.
    Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Apr. 2022
  • Dyson’s newest tower fan does it all: purify, humidify, and cool.
    Popular Science, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Conservators humidified the shroud to soften its brittle fibers, and then gradually unfolded it over the course of 24 hours.
    Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 28 Mar. 2017
  • Conservators humidified the shroud to soften its brittle fibers, and then gradually unfolded it over the course of 24 hours.
    Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 28 Mar. 2017
  • When the compensatory mechanism is a little too overactive, moisture in excess of that needed to humidify this cold, dry air will drip from the nostrils.
    David King, CNN, 13 Dec. 2017
  • Among the easiest and most efficient fixes is to humidify your home, providing the water vapor needed for electrons to roam.
    Scott Craven, azcentral, 13 Nov. 2019
  • By contrast, evaporative humidifiers can use tap water and humidify the air by blowing dry air over a wet filter.
    Jon Bitner, wsj.com, 21 Sep. 2023
  • In each cocoon, seawater would be turned into water vapor that would cool and humidify the greenhouses, and would also be distilled to produce freshwater.
    Discover Magazine, 29 June 2010
  • Choose to dispense essential oils while humidifying the room, or use the features independently.
    Emily Stone Published, Verywell Health, 5 July 2023
  • Although simple in design, this humidifier is an affordable pick that still delivers on features and can help humidify plants in medium to large rooms.
    Elizabeth Berry, Good Housekeeping, 22 June 2023
  • Good for humidifying a mid-size room for a full day on its low setting, this cool mist evaporative humidifier can be operated on one of three speed settings, varying the moisture output along with the sound level.
    Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, 20 Dec. 2018
  • The Multitasky Elegant Humidifier is simple, versatile, and is a great way to humidify your baby’s air without sacrificing home decor in the process.
    Dallas News, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Beyond infusing your home in a refreshing, fruity scent, the diffuser is also said to revitalize and humidify the air, as well as release negative ions — a process which the product’s description says is beneficial to well-being.
    Hannah Chubb, PEOPLE.com, 24 Sep. 2019
  • An essential oil diffuser usually won’t be powerful enough to really humidify large living spaces, but this diffuser is a two-in-one cool mist humidifier with more style than most at an affordable price.
    Paige Szmodis, Popular Mechanics, 13 Sep. 2019
  • Alternatively, there's bypass humidification, which uses the natural airflow of the building’s HVAC system to humidify the air and requires little to no maintenance.
    Karl Pomeroy, Forbes, 15 June 2021
  • Air purifiers that humidify combine an air purifier's cleansing power with the skin and allergen benefits of a humidifier.
    NBC News, 28 Sep. 2020

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