moisture-soaked

Updated: May 12, 2025

It was slightly muffled by the moisture-soaked ceiling. Meanwhile, the steam engine could be heard as it puffed and snorted ceaselessly while cloaked in its white mist. The dancing vibration of its flywheel seemed to regulate the volume of the noisy turbulence.

Émile Zola - L'Assommoir

By this time, as a matter of fact, the raindrops were falling less heavily and densely than hitherto, and the wet clouds were beginning to reveal bright patches in the moisture-soaked firmament, as evidence that the sun was still in existence. "Continue," I said. Kalinin laughed. "Then you find the story an interesting one," he remarked.

Maksim Gorky - Through Russia