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
Getting pricked by a thorn is not only painful, but a mildewed thorn can cause a serious illness.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2022
They transformed a pair of mildewed offices into a receiving gallery for clients and collaborators, decorating it with delirious planes of contrasting color — a constant in much of Cappello’s work, despite his colorblindness.
From New York Times • Aug. 19, 2021
It wasn’t only my sneakers that stank; all my clothes were>dingy and mildewed — but at least everything was holding together.
From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer
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