damp

Example Sentences

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Since then the window has had its moments, but the final day itself has been something of a damp squib.

From BBC

Elevated prices might damp industrial demand and encourage additional scrap supply, suggesting silver could lag behind gold in any renewed rally, some analysts said.

From The Wall Street Journal

These vibrations produce distinct tones defined by two measurements, Mitman explained: an oscillation frequency and a damping time.

From Science Daily

When the BBC visited Makoko, smoke, from the rubble of torched homes or from fires that people had lit, burning damp wood to dry their clothes, was hanging in the air.

From BBC

“The ground rumbled and shook—as when you felled a big tree. But there wasn’t much noise … Ash fell damp and cool like mud. Coarse pellets seemed to come straight down,” Buzz remembered.

From Literature