How to Use haze in a Sentence

haze

1 of 2 noun
Definition of hazenext
Synonyms for hazenext
  • The bar was filled with a smoky haze.
  • She stumbled around in a drug-induced haze.
  • The rain that does fall should help scour out some of the haze and smoke from area fires.
    — oregonlive, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Widespread haze is expected in the region for the rest of the day.
    — Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The final days of Smith’s life were spent in a haze, still grieving the loss of her son Daniel.
    — Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 12 May 2023
  • East of the Blue Ridge, only enough smoke has blown through to create a light haze.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2023
  • By late afternoon, no one on any of the ships could make out the coastline through the haze.
    — Longreads, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Phoebe thinks Joe saw her truths through a haze of absinth.
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Even some haze or a bit of cloudiness can ruin the effect.
    — Forrest Brown, CNN, 8 Feb. 2023
  • In addition to the storms there will be continued haze over parts of the state from smoke.
    — Leigh Morgan, al, 18 July 2023
  • Emily renders the sun, a seething haze, and the quiet Tiber with a nimble touch.
    — Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023
  • The sunset appeared gray and lavender in the wintry haze.
    — Rivka Galchen, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The Yankees and White Sox played through a lesser haze on Tuesday night.
    — Mike Fitzpatrick, ajc, 7 June 2023
  • Low wind speeds in our area prevent the odor and haze from dispersing.
    — Dan Stillman, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2023
  • In the haze after an explosion, the Fireflies grabbed Ellie, and bashed Joel in the head with a gun.
    — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 12 Mar. 2023
  • Roaring applause, testosterone sweat and vape haze filled the air.
    — Julie Seabaugh, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2023
  • It’s got a creamy vanilla base with smoky, woody notes and a topping of lavender (haze).
    — Lois Alter Mark, Forbes, 4 May 2023
  • Much of the smoke and haze is located in the upper atmosphere.
    — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Smoke from Canada's wildfires casts a haze over the United States.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 7 June 2023
  • Bowers asks through the haze of a Decatur, Ga., boxing gym.
    — Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2022
  • Skies will be mostly sunny, despite the haze, and the high will jump more than 10 degrees to near 89.
    — oregonlive, 23 Aug. 2023
  • As with many current young adult shows, haze abounds and the costumes and soundtrack are cranked to 11, but that’s not a vice per se.
    — Margaret Lyons, New York Times, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Men and women on the streets, subways, and elsewhere, in an opiate haze.
    — Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 8 Dec. 2023
  • Summer in Greece is a dreamy haze of sunshine, gelato, and ouzo.
    — Alesandra Dubin, House Beautiful, 9 Mar. 2023
  • Hopefully, the haze will dissipate as well with clearing skies overnight and lows in the low-to-mid-50s.
    — David Streit, Washington Post, 8 June 2023
  • In the Philadelphia area, dusk brought more of a lavender haze.
    — Kathy McCormack, Fortune, 7 June 2023
  • There’s the stoner simply looking to drift through life in a drug-fueled haze.
    — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 23 Nov. 2022
  • A little bit of high altitude wildfire smoke may bring a slight haze as the day wears on.
    — A. Camden Walker, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2023
  • The resulting haze puts a natural sepia filter on the city at dusk.
    — WIRED, 13 Nov. 2023
  • They can be seen blazing in every window of the house, and a smoke-like haze seemingly clings to the outside.
    — Lizzy Rosenberg, Peoplemag, 11 Oct. 2023
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haze

2 of 2 verb
  • In the West, haze and smoke from the wildfires are putting somewhat of a damper on the fall foliage season.
    — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 8 Oct. 2020
  • Be big and loud, but avoid hazing moms with pups, and slink away — never sprint.
    — Vanessa Hua, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2018
  • On the horizon, a light haze shrouds the mountains of northern Mexico.
    — Steven Levy, WIRED, 11 June 2018
  • The simplest method of hazing a coyote involves being loud and large.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2019
  • Also, haze and smoke will continue Thursday across much of the area due to wildfires near Globe.
    — Mike Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 18 June 2021
  • Updates on the Penn State hazing death case and the upcoming Bill Cosby retrial are also ahead, plus much more.
    — Aubrey Nagle, Philly.com, 29 Mar. 2018
  • Blowups as far away as Canada or Idaho can waft hundreds of miles, haze a Montana day, and make a mountain valley smell like a campsite.
    — Smith Henderson, Popular Mechanics, 11 Jan. 2017
  • It is not known how exactly the sticks were allegedly used, nor how many players were hazing victims.
    — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 1 Nov. 2019
  • Maybe today was just some brotherly stuff, going over to haze his sibling (Jason, who plays for Philly) a little bit.
    — Sam Mellinger, kansascity, 17 Sep. 2017
  • The bay swirls around the mountain in muddy braids, the trees blur to form a knotty hide over the rocks, and the dimpled bluffs of the Mississippi in the distance haze a little further with every wrinkle and fold.
    — Washington Post, 11 June 2021
  • As a result, though—in the media, and in the powerful court of public opinion—the testimonies of those scores of women have been hedged and hazed in the standardized manner: Big if true.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 25 May 2018
  • The latter could include deterrents such as air bubblers or acoustic devices intended to haze bass back up-lake from the dam.
    — Brandon Loomis, The Arizona Republic, 19 July 2022
  • If possible, move to a higher elevation during the peak of the shower to get above any smog and haze hovering at sea level.
    — Gwendolyn Wu, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Oct. 2021
  • Additional volunteers on horseback will haze the bison in an attempt to push them out of the park boundaries.
    — Outdoor Life, 24 Nov. 2020
  • At a prep school in the Midwest about 15 years ago, a freshman on the school’s football team was introduced to a disturbing locker room hazing ritual.
    — Adam Howard, Vox, 27 Sep. 2018
  • If any coyotes are seen in the area, residents are encouraged to haze them and keep small children and pets under close supervision, Foy said.
    — Liam Dillonstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2022
  • Techniques like those helped successfully haze other bears in the Savage River area of the park this season, officials say.
    — Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 28 Sep. 2020
  • But Landry's bill making hazing a felony is the centerpiece of the anti-hazing legislation.
    — Greg Hilburn, The (monroe, USA TODAY, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Inside, Tom’s unleashing his own brand of chaos, hazing one of his new employees by using him as a human footstool.
    — Julie Kosin, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 Sep. 2019
  • The patrol team wants to ensure that its efforts to discourage bears from the village neither aid nor interfere with the work of subsistence hunters, who don’t want to see the bears hazed out of the region entirely.
    — Eva Holland, Smithsonian, 16 May 2018
  • Teaching people how to humanely haze coyotes could also keep the animals wary of people.
    — National Geographic, 29 Nov. 2019
  • Many people who grow up in the Boston area are imparted a kind of skeptical awe of that family, keenly aware of their power, hazed in sadness, cushioned by wealth.
    — Richard Lawson, HWD, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Nitrogen oxides contribute to haze and to breathing problems, much like the smog automobiles cause in cities.
    — Ryan Randazzo, azcentral, 26 Aug. 2019
  • Officers who have reported being hazing victims say the abuse happened for years.
    — Crimesider Staff, CBS News, 13 Sep. 2017
  • In these noisy and dynamic few milliseconds the fat rear Michelins hazed and the Pista’s posterior waggled left, then right, violently, a 710-hp twerk.
    — Dan Neil, WSJ, 21 Feb. 2019
  • Hands jammed into his pockets, Lee seems a million miles away, eyes hazing over in conversations, small talk or flirtation striking him like a fly on a windscreen.
    — Tom Shone, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2016
  • One of the five Wheaton College football players accused of hazing a teammate pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery Thursday morning, and other charges against him were dropped.
    — Clifford Ward, chicagotribune.com, 22 Mar. 2018
  • David Bianchi, the Coffeys' attorney who helped pass a Florida law in 2005 that made hazing a felony, also blocks defendants from claiming the victim went along willingly.
    — CBS News, 13 Mar. 2018
  • While most of the parents who are attending were affected by fraternity hazing, one set of parents lost of child in a marching band hazing incident.
    — Katie Reilly, Time, 22 Feb. 2018
  • According to police, the seven defendants are accused of hazing two younger football players.
    — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 20 Feb. 2020

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