damp

Leave a damp towel in the fridge or freezer and apply it to your neck and chest, the top of your head and your lap for one to two minutes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026

Many had been kept on the floor where damp had caused mould to grow on the boxes.

From BBC ● Jul. 29, 2026

Polling expert John Curtice told the BBC that Farage had been hoping for a "very substantial political circus" but may end up with a "relatively damp squib" if no one challenges him properly.

From Barron's ● Jul. 8, 2026

The researchers focused on the species Armadillo sordidus, a little studied isopod that typically spends its time hidden beneath rocks and damp leaf litter, where moisture helps prevent it from drying out.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 6, 2026

Caesar’s damp face is etched with agony and dreams.

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

If this World Cup has been marred by astronomical ticket prices, that hasn’t put a damper on the tournament in the Pacific Northwest.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 25, 2026

"I think it really put a damper on all the watch parties," he said.

From BBC ● Jun. 9, 2026

But only a slim margin will be left over, and that will put a damper on shareholder returns.

From Barron's ● Jun. 2, 2026

Should Powell stick around after his term ends on May 15, that could put a damper on the market, Smith said.

From MarketWatch ● Mar. 19, 2026

The oakwood fire roared up past an open damper to heat the oven for the bread, which lay white and rising in the pans.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck

She said her few days had been a delight - despite coming to Scotland in the dampest of summers.

From BBC ● Aug. 30, 2024

“A basic plastic bin is fine for items stored inside, but Weathertight storage containers have a seal to keep out moisture, even in the dampest garages,” Allbee says.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 15, 2023

In this mild winter, Friday seemed to be one of Washington’s dampest, chilliest, breeziest, and possibly even gloomiest, days of the year.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 3, 2023

And while it's a hearty meal for the dampest autumn evening, be sure save a little room afterward for some cookies, pie, cake — or all three.

From Salon ● Oct. 13, 2022

He pulled out the bottom ones, which were the dampest, and started to spread the others over the floor.

From "I'm the King of the Castle" by Susan Hill

Critics have also alleged that the measure damps the housing market.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2024

Chloroquine might protect patients hospitalized with pneumonia against lethal cytokine storms because it damps down immune reactions, several doctors said.

From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2020

The slip-on grip looks like a wrap grip, but boasts some modern-day tech in the form of a proprietary compound that damps vibration while providing the necessary tackiness under a variety of conditions.

From Golf Digest ● Apr. 17, 2018

The shock absorber damps the motion and dissipates energy, analogous to the resistance in an RLC circuit.

From Textbooks ● Aug. 12, 2015

A quack doctor pitched patent medicines from the back of a wagon: “A rare cordial to fortify the innards against infective parasites, unwholesome damps, and malignant effluvia!”

From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs

Spending on new factories, warehouses and other industrial sites has been damped by rising costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026

—The dollar remained under pressure after weaker-than-expected U.S. nonfarm payrolls data damped expectations of a rise in interest rates.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 3, 2026

Vail Resorts MTN 1.36%increase; green up pointing triangle once again cut its outlook for the year, citing historically challenging weather conditions across the western U.S. that have continually damped demand.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 8, 2026

This car’s propulsion system—including a nine-speed automatic transmission and fully variable all-wheel drive—is so heavily damped and isolated it might as well be in another car.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

All these small creatures are working — working in sun and rain, during the hours of darkness, even when winter’s grip has damped down the fires of life to mere embers.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

There’s a chance, experts noted, that this year’s El Niño could bring more fall rain, damping the Santa Ana winds’s ability to fuel fast-moving fires.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

Despite an active El Niño, experts say the Southwestern United States likely won’t feel its damping effect until next year.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026

I note that, in the interests of refinement, the base 2.5-liter inline-four is equipped with semiactive engine mounts with electronic damping control.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 6, 2026

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

From Science Daily ● Feb. 1, 2026

And there was a pleasure in my services, most full, most exquisite, even though sad—because he claimed these services without painful shame or damping humiliation.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë