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
This is how Lili Anolik found herself digging through the mildewed trash pile of Eve Babitz’s personal effects after her death in late 2021.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2024
Items can be in any condition except wet, mildewed or contaminated with hazardous materials.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2023
Clearing out her house in a pandemic, I flung a lifetime of dusty or mildewed treasures into a giant orange dumpster.
From New York Times • Apr. 9, 2022
Thick dust crunched beneath their feet, and Harry’s nose detected, underneath the dank and mildewed smell, something worse, like meat gone bad.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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