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
  • Partly cloudy, hot and humid with a 20% chance of a storm.
    — Dallas News, 14 July 2021
  • Berry spent a subdued hour on the hot-and-humid field to start Day 3 of Olympic track.
    — Eddie Pells, Star Tribune, 31 July 2021
  • The tree does best in a climate with hot and humid summers.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The weather is going to be hot, humid and stormy over the next few days.
    — Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 10 Aug. 2021
  • 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
  • That’s usually a recipe for a hot and humid stretch this time of year.
    — Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2021
  • Alabama will be stuck in a hot and humid airmass to the south of a cold front.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 6 June 2022
  • The weather is too hot and too humid to wear any fabric that might stick to your skin.
    — Frances Solá-Santiago, refinery29.com, 10 July 2021
  • 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
  • Mild and a bit humid with some patchy fog and temperatures in the low 60s.
    — Washington Post, 3 July 2021
  • 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
  • Lighter winds will continue through Tuesday as temperatures warm to close to 60 degrees and more humid air returns to the region.
    — Karina Tsui, CNN, 2 Mar. 2025
  • Bringing the era to life was a longtime dream, but doing so involved shooting almost entirely exterior scenes in the humid, rainy South.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 10 Mar. 2025

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