We are further informed that before shaving an infant, "the mother usually moistens the head with milk which she presses from her breast," while with older children and adults water serves for this purpose (498.
In the squirrel's copse there is a spring, which is never frozen, but always affords excellent drinking water, and moistens a considerable extent of ground.
And she breaks out into one wild exclamation of joy, presses the letter to her lips, and kisses it, and moistens it with her tears.
I recall the wise, genial companion and faithful friend of nearly half a century, the memory of whose words and acts of kindness moistens my eyes as I write.
One who moistens his clay freely, in order to make it stick together.
An old soaker; a drunkard, one that moistens his clay to make it stick together.
The saliva moistens and softens the food, so that, when carried into the pharynx.
The fluid which is secreted by the salivary glands, which moistens the food and mouth.
It secretes the fluid thatmoistens and lubricates the eye, and which causes the eyelids to open and shut without friction.
It moistens the cocoon with this liquid; which soaks through and penetrates the whole thickness of the silken wall which confines it.
The herb is under the dominion of the Moon, and therefore cools and moistens like the former.
The beautiful spinner weepeth, And moistens with tears her thread.
Forth from her nose outstreams the blood, The tears from her eyelids start; She moistens the face of her darling spouse With the tears and blood of her heart.
Taken in the fingers, a limpid serum oozes from the hinder part of the body, whichmoistens the whole surface.
It is swollen with fluid, which oozes from it and moistens the whole body.
It is this fluid which moistens the mouth at all times.
The saliva moistens and softens the food so that it can be easily swallowed and readily acted upon by the other digestive juices.
It also warms and moistens the air in cold weather.
The breath condensing on the surface of the size, moistens it and renders it sticky.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "moistens" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
