stale-smelling
Example Sentences
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What is certain is that its airiness is a delight when I pull off the stale-smelling N95 protective mask I must wear to go out for coffee.
From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2020
William gave Lovey a perfunctory stale-smelling peck on the cheek.
From The New Yorker • Dec. 30, 2013
Prowling through moldy basements or the stale-smelling racks of castoffs at the Salvation Army takes work and an unexpected degree of passion and also possibly a hand-hewn clothespin clipped to one’s nose.
From New York Times • May 12, 2010
He undertook physical therapy with others in a stale-smelling large room.
From Time Magazine Archive
That nurse, Elizabeth, looks at the clock and then at me before carrying a tray of stale-smelling food into another room.
From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera
