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
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
Getting pricked by a thorn is not only painful, but a mildewed thorn can cause a serious illness.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2022
They’re available as mildewed paperbacks on Bookfinder.com, in small-run reprints from university presses or as hard-to-read bootleg PDFs.
From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2020
Abel blew his warm breath against the lock before opening Sommensen’s warehouse—a mildewed barn built of creosoted timbers, put up more than fifty years earlier.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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