mustiness

Example Sentences

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It smelled — or did it taste? — like a deep, woody mustiness, a kind of fragranced shade, the tantalizing cool of a covered bazaar.

From New York Times • May 10, 2021

Instead of damp mustiness, it smells of, well, tourists.

From Slate • Aug. 10, 2016

A distinct air of mustiness clings to this work, in which long-winded, sometimes bantering dialogue works methodically toward a heartstring-yanking ending.

From Washington Post • Jan. 5, 2015

The chemical compound is caused by a natural fungus in cork that takes only the smallest trace to impart an overpowering mustiness in wines, likened to everything from a wet pooch to sweaty gym socks.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2014

The tang of pines, soft air, some mustiness from rotting vegetation.

From "The River" by Gary Paulsen