dankness

Example Sentences

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But still not impossible: On the advice of a shrink — OK, several shrinks — we began preparing a covered porch space at the house a month ago for the coming season of dankness.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2020

“There’s a dankness and gloom about this festival,” one attendee told the New York Times as he waited for the ferry at Yarmouth.

From The Guardian • Jul. 7, 2020

Liz dried her eyes and took in a deep breath of dankness and car exhaust.

From Nature • Dec. 17, 2019

Most commercial extracts don’t come in degrees of dankness or pungency.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 23, 2016

I guess the difference is that dampness comes down but dankness rises up out of rot and fermentation.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck