How to Use balmy in a Sentence

balmy

adjective
  • The weather is warm and balmy and the mood is more relaxed.
    Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 Aug. 2023
  • In balmy Texas, a lace shirt is a godsend for Kevin Montes.
    Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 2 May 2022
  • In a network of caves and crevices carved through the rock, the water was a balmy 25 degrees C.
    Jack Tamisiea, Scientific American, 9 Aug. 2023
  • For Robins, a turning point came on a balmy evening in late August.
    Libor Jany, Los Angeles Times, 5 July 2023
  • For those balmy end of summer days, this lighter weight linen blend option is the way to go.
    Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 16 Aug. 2022
  • The balmy weather welcomes one of the first weekends when miniskirts appear.
    Arcelia Martin, Dallas News, 15 June 2023
  • Friends who live in Chicago are strolling around the city, enjoying the balmy weather there.
    Teresa M. Hanafin, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Nov. 2022
  • Love to get the outdoor grill going for dinner on a balmy summer evening?
    Woman's Day Magazine, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Nights are seasonably balmy with lows from the mid-60s in our cooler areas to the low to mid-70s downtown.
    Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2023
  • But the mood in the room is unlikely to be as balmy as the surrounding location.
    Nectar Gan, CNN, 12 Nov. 2022
  • What better time to recall balmy summer days on the beach than in the chilling depths of winter?
    Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Oct. 2022
  • On a balmy day this past May, for the first time in four years, the lagoon in Tautira saw the return of its apex predator.
    Tiare Tuuhia, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Nov. 2023
  • While most of the country is in the depth of winter, Palm Beach is enjoying balmy 80-degree days.
    J.q. Louise, Forbes, 28 Jan. 2022
  • But the Buckeyes are jumping in the cold water, not the balmy Pacific a few steps from their Ka’anapali hotel.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Nov. 2022
  • The temperature is balmy, my skin still damp from a dip in my private rooftop plunge pool.
    Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 7 June 2022
  • The climate of the Pala valley is delightfully balmy and equable.
    Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 May 2023
  • Tourists on the Cape can catch striped bass in the surf or from a charter boat, swim in the ocean on balmy summer days, or hike and bike along the region’s many miles of trails.
    Josh Laskin, Travel + Leisure, 1 Sep. 2023
  • As the balmy nights persist, going-out clothes should remain light, easy, and vibrant.
    Alex Kessler, Glamour, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Throughout most of the year, apart from balmy July and August, pants become my daily go-to.
    Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 15 Feb. 2024
  • This solid-cedar electric model seats four and heats up to a balmy 180 degrees.
    Carolyn Todd, Men's Health, 3 June 2023
  • Playing the drums is just sheer fun, said McDade, 56, sipping an iced tea under a balmy spring sky.
    Bo Emerson, ajc, 21 Mar. 2022
  • And even on sunny summer days, Gulf breezes keep Sanibel balmy.
    Robin Soslow, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Across the Southwest, temperatures will be balmy, in the 80s, then falling quickly once the sun sets.
    Jennifer Gray, CNN, 31 Oct. 2022
  • If the balmy temperature inside the park isn't warm enough for you, soothe your muscles in the South Hot Springs warming pool.
    Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 5 June 2023
  • In contrast, bomb cyclones don’t need balmy ocean waters in order to form.
    Jeremy Deaton, NBC News, 21 Dec. 2022
  • Wednesday’s high will be a balmy 70 degrees — up from a high of 43 Tuesday — but that doesn’t mean Chicagoans will get to enjoy the warm weather.
    Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas, chicagotribune.com, 29 Mar. 2022
  • But close to the hydrothermal springs, the water is a balmy 51 degrees Fahrenheit.
    Tara Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Aug. 2023
  • And the water was a balmy 71 degrees — warm enough for a bikini rather than a thick, cumbersome wetsuit.
    Will Carless, USA TODAY, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Broad job growth The balmy May jobs report caps off a week of equally toasty labor market data.
    Alicia Wallace, CNN, 2 June 2023
  • But the snow also brought some scenes of wintry joy in parts of the world more accustomed to balmy weather and sunning on beaches.
    Washington Post, 27 Jan. 2022

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