mildewed
Example Sentences
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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
In an interview last summer, he sat on the mildewed porch of a house crowded with other migrant children.
From New York Times • Apr. 17, 2023
Items can be in any condition except wet, mildewed or contaminated with hazardous materials.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2023
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
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
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