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
Sartin it do feel a leetle dampish, ’count o’ the river fog; tho’, as a general thing, the San Sabre bottom air ’counted one o’ the healthiest spots in Texas.
From The Death Shot A Story Retold by Mayne Reid
Good Gentlemen; You seem to have a snuffing in your head Sir, A parlous snuffing, but this same dampish air— 2 A dampish air indeed.
From Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (1 of 10) - the Custom of the Country by Francis Beaumont
When I came to I was lying with my face in a dampish sort of hollow, and I suppose the afterdamp had lifted a bit, for I could raise my head.
From Sir George Tressady — Volume II by Mrs. Humphry Ward
