dank

Example Sentences

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Usually it was fog in January in Holland, dank, chill, and gray.

From Literature

To the left, it wound into a valley of misty beech trees; to the right, it disappeared up a dank gully, its steep sides an uninviting jumble of moss-covered boulders.

From Literature

“God it’s cold and dank here! Wish I was still a pet in your family!”

From The Wall Street Journal

A smell of human waste, yes, and the dank mist, but beneath it the glorious living smell that he had smelled in the woods, and in the breath of the unicorn.

From Literature

The bounding wolf flew past her and knocked her flat on her back, with a whoosh of hot wolf breath and dank fur smell.

From Literature