musty
Example Sentences
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New research now shows that the distinctive musty scent of mummified remains holds valuable clues about how these elaborate burial rituals were carried out.
From Science Daily • Mar. 16, 2026
Notwithstanding some clunky moments, Mr. Ansari not only engineers up-to-the-minute twists on the musty Hollywood angel movie, but decorates his story with clever dialogue and wicked observations about street-level existence in the City of Angels.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025
Despite a series of renovations several years ago, the park still had a bygone, musty air.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2024
Although the troubles of our world never bled into “What We Do in the Shadows,” the story never shied away from politics within its own musty, rotten realm.
From Salon • Nov. 11, 2024
They would be gentle, formal, everyone gathered in the musty living room: her elderly uncles and granduncles, their wives, some cousins, and perhaps a baby tied on someone’s back.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Vocabulary lists containing musty
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
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