stale-smelling

Example Sentences

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What is certain is that its airiness is a delight when I pull off the stale-smelling N95 protective mask I must wear to go out for coffee.

From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2020

William gave Lovey a perfunctory stale-smelling peck on the cheek.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 30, 2013

Prowling through moldy basements or the stale-smelling racks of castoffs at the Salvation Army takes work and an unexpected degree of passion and also possibly a hand-hewn clothespin clipped to one’s nose.

From New York Times • May 12, 2010

He undertook physical therapy with others in a stale-smelling large room.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then I crawl into the dark, stale-smelling crevice, and pull the board back into place behind me.

From "Legend" by Marie Lu