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
  • Not only that, but the Dyson runs the water used through a UV light to remove bacteria before humidifying the room.
    — Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 June 2024
  • 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
  • Keeping your home properly humidified can work wonders for wood floors and even for dry skin.
    — Brittany Vanderbill, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Dec. 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
  • Evaporative coolers also humidify the air, which can be good in dry climates but not in humid ones.
    — Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 11 July 2024
  • 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
  • Dyson’s newest tower fan does it all: purify, humidify, and cool.
    — Popular Science, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Dyson’s newest tower fan does it all: purify, humidify, and cool.
    — Popular Science, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Dyson’s newest tower fan does it all: purify, humidify, and cool.
    — Popular Science, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Dyson’s newest tower fan does it all: purify, humidify, and cool.
    — Popular Science, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Dyson’s newest tower fan does it all: purify, humidify, and cool.
    — Popular Science, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Dyson’s newest tower fan does it all: purify, humidify, and cool.
    — Popular Science, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Dyson’s newest tower fan does it all: purify, humidify, and cool.
    — Popular Science, 1 Dec. 2020
  • Dyson’s newest tower fan does it all: purify, humidify, and cool.
    — Popular Science, 3 Dec. 2020
  • In addition to humidifying with a variable mist knob, this option is all about its fun shape that features a unique glass design that features a fireworks 3D effect.
    — Cristian Esteban, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • With the surge in multi-packs, the packaging most often used, cardboard and metal tin, should include humidifying packs to ensure freshness and quality.
    — Harrison Bard, Rolling Stone, 3 Jan. 2024

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