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
"Aye, it's a bit dampish," said Dixon, as he brought a couple more logs to replenish a fire that seemed to have no heart for burning.
From The Mating of Lydia by Mrs. Humphry Ward
Yes, the tree, perhaps, does make the place a little dampish….
From Ghost Stories of an Antiquary by M. R. (Montague Rhodes) James
It likes good, rich, dampish soil, and delights to grow in a quiet, shady nook, or even beneath the spread of our larger forest trees.
From Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs by Angus Duncan Webster
