Collocations for mist - noun

dense, heavy, thick
A heavy mist rolled over the fields.

faint, fine, light, slight, thin | dark, grey, red, white
There was a red mist in front of his eyes.

dawn, evening, morning
an early morning mist

autumn | sea

be cloaked in, be covered in, be shrouded in, be wreathed in
The harbour was covered in a thick mist.

disappear into, vanish in/into
The little town had vanished in the mist.

emerge from, loom out of
A large figure loomed out of the mist.

break through, shine through
Soon the sun would break through the mist.

peer into/through | be lost in
(figurative) The origins of Morris dancing are lost in the mists of time.

hang, hover, lie
A faint mist hung over the valley.

come down, descend
When the mist comes down it comes quickly and covers everything.

clear, lift
The mist had cleared by mid-morning.

drift, float, rise, roll, swirl
A grey mist floated towards us. | a swirling mist a thin mist rising from the river

cling to sth
Early morning mist still clung to the hollows.

fill sth | cover sth, hide sth, obscure sth, shroud sth
A white mist obscured the top of the hill.

in/into the ~
It was hard to make out the path in the mist.

through the ~
The cottage was scarcely visible through the mist.

a curtain/veil of mist