mildewed
Example Sentences
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When Bill first saw her small, shabby, mildewed lab space, she was momentarily ashamed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
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
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
There were mildewed boxes of old parish records in one corner, and an open door that revealed a Victorian flush toilet and a basin, with only a cold tap, in the other.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
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