When glasses are covered in something

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alpacinou

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I want to say glasses are covered in something. Can I use "blanket"? Are these correct?

1. As she walked home in the misty afternoon, her glasses were blanketed in moisture.
2. Her glasses were blanketed in fog as she walked home.
3. She cleaned her mist-blanketed glasses before starting to speak.
 
No, it doesn't work with spectacles. I can't explain why however; it just doesn't sound natural.

The second especially sounds as it was just her glasses that were completely covered, frame and all, in a shroud of fog. That's unlikely.

Her glasses were fogged over.
Her glasses were covered with a film of moisture.
 
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When my glasses are "fogged up" I clean them so I can see better.
 
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