dampish

Example Sentences

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The weight of a dampish plot hangs on the young mother's efforts to get away from baby long enough for an occasional hour of fun in the evenings.

From Time Magazine Archive

Sample of the dampish dialogue: Diver Quinn, parrying a marriage proposal by Suzan�"Think of what our kids might be like, full of bends and nitro bubbles."

From Time Magazine Archive

He followed her through the narrow, dampish alley at the side of the house.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

Something with a dampish, spongy tip, probably one of the grape-red tentacles he had glimpsed, prodded his shoulder.

From Flamedown by Fyfe, Horace Brown

Planted against a wall, in good dampish loam, it succeeds well.

From Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs by Webster, Angus Duncan