mildewed
Example Sentences
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For me to even open an envelope meant a trip to my stepmother’s house, where the precious cache was moldering in a mildewed basement.
From Salon ● Feb. 9, 2025
This is how Lili Anolik found herself digging through the mildewed trash pile of Eve Babitz’s personal effects after her death in late 2021.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2024
In an interview last summer, he sat on the mildewed porch of a house crowded with other migrant children.
From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2023
Getting pricked by a thorn is not only painful, but a mildewed thorn can cause a serious illness.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 5, 2022
He shook the mildewed object by its pointed end and it dangled, empty and ragged: the Sorting Hat.
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
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