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
He followed her through the narrow, dampish alley at the side of the house.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
The groun’ war dampish, for thar had been a spell o’ rain; so I tuk out my bowie, an’ cut me enuf o’ the green cane to make me a sort o’ a shake-down.
From The Guerilla Chief And other Tales by Mayne Reid
If the paper is left in a dampish room for fifteen minutes, it should be sufficient.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 711, August 17, 1889 by Various
Indeed Jim did have a dampish look—his eyelashes and eyebrows were beaded with the moisture.
From Frontier Boys in Frisco by Wyn Roosevelt
