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staleness

How to use staleness in a sentence

I began to yawn, behind the organ, over the growing staleness of life in a sailors' mission.

Its staleness is not dire to him; but negativeness is not good, and Cruikshank helps the commonplace to be his friend.

It prevented staleness; and staleness was the great danger that all outhouse sides had to face.

The drawing-room expected to be the dining-room also, and faintly breathed the staleness of the meals served in it.

LONDON FILMSWILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS

There was a general odor of decaying fruit and fish, a smell of staleness and putridity.

I know several cases where a change would be all for the better, but in your case there wasn't a trace of staleness.

THE CATHEDRALSIR HUGH WALPOLE

For the last two or three days the colt had been off his feed, and Raffle thought he was developing symptoms of staleness.

HARD PRESSEDFRED M. WHITE

I ascribe the staleness of American poetry to the griddle-cakes of our Puritan ancestors.

The ability to recognize the earliest signs of staleness is of the utmost importance.

Green vegetables should have a fresh, unwilted appearance; any sign of staleness or decay should cause their rejection.

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OCTOBER 26, 1985