mildew

He said mildew is a common regional issue his team fixes as necessary.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026

Since then, inspectors continued to find a litany of problems inside the jail, including mildew and lack of food.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 3, 2026

When tested on wheat, these compounds helped protect against fungal infections such as powdery mildew.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2025

US defender Chastain vividly remembers the conditions - "the water dripping from the ceiling, the mildew - you can smell it".

From BBC ● Nov. 20, 2024

It was dark in the crypt, and it smelled of mildew and damp and old stones, and it seemed, for the first time, very small.

From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman

All regions suffered from factors ranging from droughts and floods to water shortages and unexpected mildews.

From Salon ● May 1, 2024

Some fungi take the form of molds and mildews, which are commonly seen on rotting food.

From Textbooks ● Sep. 6, 2018

In particular, he and his team are working on alternative treatments for common vine mildews; the conventional one, copper sulphate, accumulates in soil in doses that are toxic to wildlife.

From Nature ● Dec. 19, 2012

"It's bulky if you move it, traceable if you bank it, and it mildews if you bury it."

From Time Magazine Archive

Why gilds the vernal sun thy gaudy clime, When nipping mildews waste the flowery field?

From The Poetical Works of Beattie, Blair, and Falconer With Lives, Critical Dissertations, and Explanatory Notes by George Gilfillan

When Bill first saw her small, shabby, mildewed lab space, she was momentarily ashamed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

For me to even open an envelope meant a trip to my stepmother’s house, where the precious cache was moldering in a mildewed basement.

From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2025

Today, Vicksburg is a destination for faux steamboats and tour buses half-filled with aging Civil War buffs and gamblers drawn to its storied battleground and mildewed casinos.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2023

Not only can’t the Lavanians agree on an accent, but the structures that make up the king’s castle can’t agree on an architecture style, settling on a bizarre mix of mildewed gargoyles and modernist solariums.

From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2022

At the wharf a fish packing plant exuded the odor of salmon bones, and the creosoted pilings of the state ferry terminal lay in among a fleet of mildewed boats.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

There are mountains of refuse at dozens of temporary sites statewide, filled with fallen trees, mildewing carpet, sodden drywall and other household items destroyed by the storm.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 25, 2022

If your bathroom is cramped, super-plush towels will be a challenge to store and might not dry quickly enough to avoid mildewing.

From Slate ● Jan. 4, 2019

Eventually, the family sold the mildewing house, with its grand veranda and inner courtyard, and moved into a three-room flat.

From The New Yorker ● May 2, 2016

Now, I was wearing rapidly mildewing clothes and getting crushed by a Slovak and a Brit in a multinational game of Monopoly.

From New York Times ● May 1, 2012

He could smell Tuf-Skin and ankle tape, week-old perspiration, moist towels mildewing in forgotten lockers, foot powder, ammonia, and unwashed socks.

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy