mustiness
Example Sentences
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And the way they smelled, a lovely light powdered smell and the slight mustiness of mothballs, and hot chocolate and cheese biscuits.
From New York Times ● Jan. 27, 2017
Instead of damp mustiness, it smells of, well, tourists.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2016
A distinct air of mustiness clings to this work, in which long-winded, sometimes bantering dialogue works methodically toward a heartstring-yanking ending.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 5, 2015
The chemical compound is caused by a natural fungus in cork that takes only the smallest trace to impart an overpowering mustiness in wines, likened to everything from a wet pooch to sweaty gym socks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2014
Lily pulls open yet another large wooden door, and this time we slip into cool blackness and the sweet smell of burning candles, mustiness, and age.
From "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by Mary E. Pearson
Vocabulary lists containing mustiness
The River
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