How To Use Fog In A Sentence

A thin veil of fog had rolled in off the bay, obscuring his view and coating the area in a pale gray-white mist.
OK, the steering is a little foggy, but the wheel unquestionably feels pleasant under the fingers. Times, Sunday Times
We can look out into fog as thick as cream and be certain it will burn away.
Well, sir, I won't say anything about the hextry gas, though a poor widder and sevenpence hextry on the thousand, but I'm thinkin 'if you would give my Rosie a lesson once a week on that there pianner, it would be a kind of set-off, for you know, sir, the policeman tells me your winder is a landmark to' im on the foggiest nights. The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes
Outlook for tomorrow and Sunday: Mainly dry and mild, with sunny intervals after clearance of any early mist or fog.

He looked in the fogged up mirror at the reflection staring back at him.
The ship, with the help of radar, sailed in thick fog.
I'd have been content to wait out the weather in my tent, but Ron consulted his topo map and we headed off, marching along a streambed into foggy nothingness, south toward the foothills.
I asked, trying to keep my voice calm, even though panic was fogging my brain.
I shrank inside and out from the fog and what it held-so alien to my flesh and spirit that to come even this close to it was befoulment beyond the finding of words. Year of the Unicorn
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It also boasts an unmatched ventilation and antifog system, removable interior cheek pads and a sturdy chinstrap that can be removed to allow cleaning or replacement.
However I did notice something, and it was something that both my wife and father both brought up, there was a strange effect that wasn't there at the World Première, something I described as a fogging or blurring during some scenes, particularly the action ones, which made it hard to follow the action. Filmstalker: Avatar: An Xmas visit
fog-filled air
Everything was dark and his sight was dimmed by heavy fog.
The town was covered in a thick blanket of fog.
When the ammonia fog cleared, they found meth, guns, stolen property, and a huge cache of pseudoephedrine pills.
Something about the way she looked at him befogged his mind. DRAGON GAMES
Crawfish King and Hot Space attempted to challenge their unbeaten rival on the backstretch but were no match for Lost in the Fog, who was ridden out after gaining a commanding five-length lead entering the stretch.
The trail becomes more precipitous as we plod steadily across a long ridge that is barely discernible from the fog folding around us. Times, Sunday Times
; the river raced in turbid waves; the sand drove in clouds; and the face of the sky was darkened as if by a London fog. A Thousand Miles Up the Nile
It was a quiet, dark night, foggy and drizzling with rain.
We are thought of, and not infrequently referred to by our contemporaries, as old-fogyish, and out of date. The Centennial of the University of Virginia, 1819-1921
Nature notes Birds still move about in the mist and fog if these are not too dense, and one can sometimes hear an invisible bird. Times, Sunday Times
Shut the door or the light will fog the film.
The fog lifted
ROBERTS: Well, from New England all the way down south, it's just one of those foggy, kind of drizzly days. CNN Transcript May 6, 2009
Rain, heavy cloud cover and thick fog in the area had prompted Albania's prime minister to cancel his own flight to the conference.
He is blinded and befogged by two things: (1) his (i.e. their) aristocratism, and again (2) his satisfaction in splendour and get-up, provided it is attached to moral greatness. Cyropaedia
The foghorn boomed out its warning.
The mountainous Mid-Coastal Sedimentary ecoregion lies outside of the coastal fog zone and is typically underlain by massive beds of sandstone and siltstone in contrast to the volcanics of Ecoregion 1d. Ecoregions of Oregon (EPA)
We can guarantee the punctual arrival of the armoured cars in foggy weather.
Burton turned on the wipers and pressed the defog button. Temporary Wife
The mild makeover has given the face a hint more edge, with chrome mesh grille and lower mesh spoiler with fog lamps. The Sun
When he opened his eyes the dirigible was making another turn, less precipitous than before and — he hadn’t realized, but now saw through ragged gaps in the fog — at a lower altitude, some two hundred feet above what looked like a low fennish grassland, with scarcely a single tree in sight. The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters
Fog upset the train timetable.
He pettifogs with his witnesses to establish his theory. Continental Monthly , Vol. 5, No. 6, June, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy
Further inshore, the blocky outlines of the cliffs of Dover had been erased by patches of fog. CORMORANT
Michael was hardly able to think straight as he started to feel the effects of the pills, his vision foggy, and his mind a total mess.
The emission hung dripping over the river like mist and in the forest like ground fog.
Pathetic is the word that aptly described this fogey. McCain says he is now 'a partisan'
I tried to clear the confusion that was fogging my brain.
Feeling the fog begin to rise inside her head, a drifty sensation as if gravity had suddenly lost its hold on her. BLACKWATER SOUND
Using phonics to help pupils learn to read century class needs to get out into the 'real world', roll down its glasses and defog them of media saturation if it is to have any real redeeming ... Discourages Student Engagement
Fog and low cloud cover are expected this afternoon.
When the buildup is sufficient, a spark may flash inside your camera, fogging the film.
It's a way to let off steam, and Eddie's got so much steam that it's fogging the windows.
Am I just an old fogey, or is it really true that popular music of this era is far better than anything since? Remembering Dave Dee
I thought that would have carried on when I stopped using the drugs but the fog clears and your thinking comes back.
Standing in queues is not easy for us old fogeys with worn-out joints.
So has this blizzard of data cleared the fog that clouds the path of borrowing costs? Times, Sunday Times
The accident happened as Fogarty tried to overtake Robert Ulm on a bend during the fifth lap.
It is surrounded by the same mystique that befogs other aspects of the Constitution. Founders Chic
While this is not always true, it does exist here and it adds another layer of foggy, depersonalized confusion as to who and watch we are watching.
All flights have been cancelled because of fog.
This proves, according to Ezra, that conservative and Republican opposition to the current iteration of the individual mandate is just legal pettifoggery and political opportunism. Give me liberty or give me health care
In addition to the night watches there were the so-called dogwatches with a man in the tower and, in case of fog or a snowstorm, there was daytime beach patrol.
There were just 11 people in the church on their foggy wedding day. Times, Sunday Times
I knew he didn't mind, this way him and Porsha would be able to fog up the windows without having to worry about me being there.
It invariably takes me by surprise when I enter a steamy greenhouse in winter and my glasses fog up. Times, Sunday Times
The oil tanker ran/went aground on a mud bank in thick fog.
Try the mango pudding, which came on steaming dry ice, but skip the affogato, which tastes like coffee grounds mixed with milk and sugar. Finicky Traveler: The Gramercy Park Hotel
Sometimes the shift between panels is as subtle as fog rolling through, so that one looks closely to identify the change.
David might some day come to know that there was a fogyish, bachelor doctor who was almost a father in the same sort of way -- almost, but not quite, for the child had been left not to him, but to her. A Melody in Silver
I was afraid you might point out inconsistencies, because my memory is a bit foggy, but hey let's call it artistic freedom, right? Belle's story part 1
The weather was foggy, damp and horrible. The Sun
Later, Ridgway found himself being driven through thick fog and rain along a congested road during the Battle of the Bulge.
If the scope were to fog or freeze in lousy weather I could still take a shot. Quick detach scope mounts. Are they worth it? If so, what brand?
The pharisaical, malefic, and incogitant Guidelines for Bias-Free Writing is a product of the pointy-headed wowsers at the Association of American University Presses who established a Task Force on Bias-Free Language filled with cranks, pokenoses, blowhards, four-flushers, and pettifogs. P.J. O’Wowser
A billowing fog of chill air poured out of the door and swirled around Cane's arms and legs as he heedlessly strode forward.
The small round porthole was coated in a thin layer of fog, and he saw nothing but the smooth ocean basking in the moon glow.
How dare Rush Limbaugh, the principal foghorn of the Right-wing noise machine, denounce them as "freeloaders? Bernard Weisberger: Onward Wisconsin
As the storm cleared, dense fog came down.
“For tear-free chopping, mincing, dicing, slicing — fear no onion,” reads the packaging for RSVP Onion Goggles (shown), whose antifog lenses and foam seal are designed to protect your eyes from irritating onion vapors. Claim Check: Onion Goggles
By dawn on Saturday, the fog had taken possession of the downtown streets: the coast road would be viewless.
A cold front is moving down from the States, and a shank-of-the-night fog haloes the few lights.
For my own plus-sized schnoz, I went with the smaller of the two sizes, allowing me to keep the lenses far enough from my face to prevent sweat buildup or fogging, but close enough to maintain good eye protection. Clothesline: Briko Endure Pro Duo and Smith PivLock V90 MAX eyewear
It was so foggy that the driver could hardly make out the way ahead.
In a natural fog that acid would become diluted. Times, Sunday Times
It charges you, it puts a dance in your step, it clears the fog from your senses and plugs you in to a glowing, blaring night that can be yours again.
Some parts of Lovecraft's work as in the first few lines of, "He," are as prosaic as a fog horn, and as lyrical as a wolf's bay.
The flight was delayed as a result of fog.
When the heart fibrillates as a result of hypothermia, the surgeon crossclamps the ascending aorta using a medium Fogarty clamp.
The image is fairly decent, the full screen transfer suffering from a little-too-soon cosmetic soft focus and fog.
The next day I woke up groggily, my brain and eyes still foggy from sleep.
self-evident," since become awkward of acceptance, were ever thus pettifogged out of the path, and fundamental principles have in this way prescriptively been tampered with. "Imperialism" and "The Tracks of Our Forefathers"
Four endemic species of shrew are found only in these forests; the mountain shrew (Sylvisorex oriundus, VU), African foggy shrew (Crocidura caliginea, CR), Congo shrew (C. congobelgica, VU), and the fuscous shrew (C. polia, CR). Northeastern Congolian lowland forests
A dense curtain of fog caused traffic problems.
But then when I searched for individual songs I remembered, I sailed into another kind of semantic fog: there are lots and lots of sea chantey sites and recordings that masked the instance I was looking for. Rambles at starchamber.com » Blog Archive » Sea songs and semantic distance
Pulling on his hat and scarf he walked out into the gray fog of San Francisco.
Factory backlight, rear defog, recirc, AC ON, and dial indicators are changed to red or blue LEDs NASIOC
Steam rose slowly from cooling streets mingling with viscous fog, enshrouding lubricious night. Torn Among These Lovers
If Lorentz invariance were violated, the gamma-rays would pass right through the extragalactic infrared fog with insufficient energy to cause annihilation.
Ames's tavern sign, then, plays on the tension between lawyers with formal legal training like Dudley, and village tavern keepers and pettifoggers like Ames himself.
Like Mr. Fogel had said while they were playing cards on the last visit: "Neither of us has anybody to conjugate. ROUGH JUSTICE
Defog It antifog gave officers a fog-free view in the heat, humidity and high-exertion of the Mock Prison Riot training," says John Swett, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for PRWeb - Daily News Feed
Not only have the top-boots and breeches vanished from the costume of innkeepers, but also the long, parti-coloured waistcoat, and the birds'-eye fogle round their necks. Can You Forgive Her?
After this fun, a foghorn sounded to signal the beginning of a ‘self-guided’ walking tour.
Strange first post, but welcome to FR, fogman! pillut48 (CJ in TX -- Soccer Mom and proud Rush Conservative voting for the McCain / Palin ticket now!!) Latest Articles
There could be an equally good infographic inserted here.
The air was slightly foggy and it was hot in the house.
In spite of the precision and speed of information, fog and friction will continue to bedevil military operations.
The fog began to disperse.
Why should it be when all you ever heard was some old fogey in a dusty gown declaiming Cicero or Beowulf? CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD
Dichroic fog may result from extended development of high speed films.
Either they have no idea what is at stake, or they place pettifogging bureaucracy above all else.
He should have consented to know but the grand personal adventure on the grand personal basis: nothing short of this, no poor cognisance of confusable, pettifogging things, the sphere of earth-grubbing questions and two-penny issues, would begin to be, on any side, Olympian enough. The Finer Grain
Among the inexplicable fashions and inspired dancing, I stood alone next to a banquette, and in a quiet, shocking moment realized the fogged-up atrium was filled with people I loved. Welcome to My World
The Cruze 2.0 VCDi LT Auto is priced £17,145 on-the-road and comes with several standard features including full climate control, parking sensors, cruise control, front fog lamps, 17-inch alloy wheels, rain sensitive wipers, automatic headlights, a six-CD autochanger and MP3 socket, and an alarm system. Carscoop
The oil tanker ran/went aground on a mud bank in thick fog.
Allen kept staring at Earl's sternum, bare; the young, healthy skin fogged with red chilblain under the clumsy coat. ABSOLUTE ZERO
She groaned and stood up, staggering a bit as sleep continued to fog her brain.
He rubbed warmth into his arms, peering through the fog to see if he could spot the stranger.
Together with his wife, Danielle, he spoiled us with rib-sticking main courses such as cassoulet or rabbit pappardelle they'll cater for vegetarians or special diets if you let them know in advance, and irresistible desserts like melting chocolate pudding or affogato with homemade ice-cream. Couples ski holiday in the French Alps
Suddenly the fog cleared from his brain and he heard what the voice was saying.
Before the treaty the American West consisted of the old Louisiana Purchase lands that rose in ladderlike fashion from the mouth of the Mississippi, climbed the courses of the Missouri, and touched the rocky, fog-shrouded shores of the Northwest. EMPIRE OF THE SUMMER MOON
The twins were still making life hell for the old fogies around us with their incessant ‘Beatlemania’ style screaming.
Fog had slipped through a crack into the ivory tower.
The music captures the damp chill of the Scottish air and the fog rolling off the moors.
The fog lay thick and cold over the countryside that morning, and inside the barracks it was pitch-black and silent, except for the deep, steady breathing of the gunners.
In retrospect, they could see how smoking had clouded their wairua "like a fog".
That there would be a time, lurking in the foggy years to come, when the brooch was the lone key to her survival. The Forgotten Garden
Cold damp air brought in the new year under a blanket of fog.
They managed to talk the aircraft down through the fog.
The mountain peak loomed through the fog.
My foggy mind clouded my thoughts, the heavy music returning, making me feel dizzy as my head pounded.
Once, and once only, I thought I saw something -- a darker shadow, high up like a mountain thrusting the wet blanket of the fog skyward. HIGH STAND
Energy used for evapotranspiration is generally referred to as latent heat flux; however, the term latent heat flux is broad, and includes other related processes unrelated to transpiration including condensation (e.g., fog, dew), and snow and ice sublimation. Evapotranspiration
Syrens whooped, steam whistles shrieked hoarsely; the raucous voices of fog-horns proclaimed the whereabouts of scores of craft, passing up and down the river; but the trim-built barge slid noiselessly along, ghost-like, in the dun-colored "smother," giving no intimation of her proximity. Golden Stories A Selection of the Best Fiction by the Foremost Writers
In the thick fog, only sounds helped him orientate himself. July « 2009 « Sentence first
All of a sudden the view was obliterated by the fog.
Investigators fear their calls may have affected navigation gear as the crew battled to land in heavy fog. The Sun
No philosopher would jettison Plato just because it's old fashioned, nor would anyone mock the old fogy Whitman.
Peter and Helen Walsh were among the four on board that lost their lives when the plane ditched into the sea in thick fog.
The massive bike was fitted with a stereo and a foghorn to attract the maximum amount of attention.
The time was early August; but nevertheless there was a tang of frost in the air and the river seemed to flow not water but a thick frore fog. The River and I
Owing to the fog, there were no take-offs from the airport yesterday.
The first staging of one of O'Neill's works came when an amateur theatre group in Provincetown, Cape Cod put on his 1914 one-acter Bound East For Cardiff, a play set onboard a fogbound vessel in the middle of the Atlantic. This week's new theatre and dance
Never spray or fog a house with insecticides to combat lice.
As we trickle day by day through the end of October and move ever closer to November, the weather is switching to a uniform foggy grey that wakens memories of my time in Lincolnshire back in the very early sixties.
Suddenly they spotted a group of blue and green lights piercing through the fog. The Sun
Those lamps look like throwbacks to some older, lost city, the London of Sherlock Holmes and Watson, peasouper fogs and tugs on the Thames. MAN AND WIFE
The mammals include a number of well-known animals such as the eastern grey kangaroo Macropus giganteus, the red-necked wallaby M. rufogriseus, wallaroo M. robustus, koala Phasocarctos cinereus and wombat Vombatus ursinus, the greater glider Petaurus volans, the squirrel glider P. norfolcensis, mountain brushtailed possum Trichosurus caninus; also the rarer spotted-tailed quoll Dasyurus maculatus (VU), long-nosed potoroo Potorous tridactylus (VU), yellow-bellied glider Petaurus australis and brush-tailed rock wallaby Petrogale penicillata (VU). Greater Blue Mountains Area, Australia
Motorists were told to expect treacherous driving conditions today as freezing fog and ice continued to cause problems in parts of England. Times, Sunday Times
thick fog
The fog soon encompassed the whole valley.
Most of the other critics seemed to get the movie better than old fogy Roger Ebert did. Opening Today: Kick-Ass Morally Reprehensible?
The cloud clearly isn't steam in the strict sense, nor vapour (these are both invisible) but a fog of small ice crystals.
Seeing through Julia's pettifoggery, the judge overruled her frivolous objection.
The early-evening fog was rolling in on a hellish breeze. Three Stages of Amazement
The fog in the valley may've kept them indoors.
To do otherwise faces America with the stark choice of going to War with Russia because some pettifogger who is Head of State in one of those Countries has a bone to pick, and picks it because NATO is with us, or withdrawing from the NATO Treaty rather than go to War. Ilan Goldenberg: The Powell Endorsement and the End of the Republican Foreign Policy Establishment
But the wider financial district was forced into a hasty evacuation last Tuesday in a terrifying fog of dust and smoke.
It's telling that in our culture someone who becomes associated with beliefs such as these is lampooned as a pathetic fogey who apparently thinks those old books are important or something. Principles of Literary Criticism
He held them silent with ghastly stories of the "Yo-hoes" on Monomoy Beach, that mock and terrify lonely clam-diggers; of sand-walkers and dune-haunters who were never properly buried; of hidden treasure on Fire Island guarded by the spirits of Kidd's men; of ships that sailed in the fog straight over Captains Courageous
The sensual styling is complemented by body coloured bumpers, stylish front fog lamps and tinted glass.
And it all happens at once, to the ear-splitting sound of an eight-headed foghorn and the ringing of a phone.
The next few days should be mainly dry, with mist and fog in the morning. Times, Sunday Times
I grab my bowl, that Mary had added a heap of cilantro, Parmesan and cabbage, and wander over to the table with the window view of the fog-draped, rain dappled, slow-moving Milwaukee River taking its sorry-ass time through the warehouse district on its way to Lake Michigan. March « 2009 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground
The crash happened in thick fog.
Beneath the surface the green gloom parted to reveal the foggy apparition of the cutter's mast pointing us down towards the wreck.
Windows broken seal, broken thermal pane, broken thermal seal, broken window seal, fogged glass, foggy glass, window repair Foggy Glass? You Don't Need A New Window. | Reuben's Home Inspection Blog
The fogs were a protection from prying vessels, but the calms proved to be an unmitigated nuisance. Ralph Granger's Fortunes
As she waits on the mainland for the arrival of her fiancé, the fog rolls in, postponing any traffic to or from the island that evening.
All flights between New York and Washington have been cancelled due to fog.
The steam from the hot drink started to fog up his glasses.
Her eyes a watery glaze, she is clear about the pickles and horseradish; she is foggier about the baby. The Dying Tradition
The Nato Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen has said more members of the alliance need to contribute attack aircraft to the military operation in Libya.
The fog is beginning to thin.
The grey seafog sweeps in, blurring the boundary between sea and land, disorientating anyone held in its spell.
It was always cold and if it wasn't cold it was foggy. Times, Sunday Times
Dueck says the grounds will be fogged for mosquitoes.
I walked from the valley below to both of the fog-free summits, buffeted by ocean winds.
It is at best but a pettifogging, pickthank business to decompose actions into little personal motives, and explain heroism away. Virginibus Puerisque and other papers
Although it is possible to print through the fog, graininess is increased by developer induced base fog.
The downside to this repair is that the window will have a slightly lower insulating value than it had before the glass fogged over, but this will cost much less than replacing the window. Reuben's Home Inspection Blog
Those who dislike poetry often profess a rather foggy attachment to its past, but their opponent knows his stuff. Times, Sunday Times
Let no one say that laptops have not changed the way writers work: right now, I am sitting in an internet café facing the Pacific Ocean, watching indigo fog roll across a 180 degree view of what Wallace Stevens would have called indolent ocean. Author! Author! » Blog Archive » Book marketing 101: the post-conference query
If, between the two, an outline faintly emerges of something betokening a system - implied through the press-release fog - then we shall have something to test against and compare with other documented cases affecting films.
Police said that visibility had been low because of thick fog. Times, Sunday Times
Not so much a case of red mist as a fog of righteousness. Times, Sunday Times
Poorly protected from the Pacific Ocean, chill winds and dense fog-banks whistled and swirled sadly across the sand-dunes. CHAPTER XXI
It also filters harmful blue light in fog and wet driving conditions. Times, Sunday Times
All of a sudden, with incredible speed, the fog we used to take as something virtually irremovable dispersed.
Then there are Rice's own inconsistencies in her public statements, the transcripts of which are a gold mine of contradiction and pettifoggery. April 2004
Taken five miles from the ground, white streaks of methane fog float over the surface like a kind of haar, partly covering scattered islands in the sea.
Dense / thick fog is affecting roads in the north and visibility is poor.
The plane's landing was delayed because of heavy fog.
A new infographic has been created to make physical activity recommendations more accessible. Times, Sunday Times
On their journey south they hit a bank of fog off the north-east coast of Scotland.
On the few occasions when the wind was not blowing a gale, the fog descended like a shroud.
Episode 1 begins in fogbound East London, with Coal Hill School teachers Ian and Barbara concerned for the welfare of one of their brightest students.
The gasping clouds of my breath mingled with the fog as I followed the spoor, pushing through denuded branches and the winter skeletons of undergrowth.
At 10.29 am, when the second tower collapsed, bells chimed and fog-horns of boats on the nearby Hudson River sounded.
Russian news agencies said President Kaczynski's plane made four attempts to land in thick fog at the Smolensk airbase, which is near the Katyn Forest mass grave site. Christian Science Monitor | All Stories
The door was seen from every point in the fog-begirt world. The Kempton-Wace Letters
He is less enamoured of ballet's foggy, hierarchical culture. Times, Sunday Times
It was wet and windy topside, the fog thick, the chop starting to get nasty. CORMORANT
A few brave and honest voices across the political spectrum spoke up, struggling to be heard through a fog of disinterest.
The forest was filled with dense fog, so thick that I couldn't see more than a few feet in front of me.

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