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
Items can be in any condition except wet, mildewed or contaminated with hazardous materials.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 17, 2023
Today, Vicksburg is a destination for faux steamboats and tour buses half-filled with aging Civil War buffs and gamblers drawn to its storied battleground and mildewed casinos.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2023
Not only can’t the Lavanians agree on an accent, but the structures that make up the king’s castle can’t agree on an architecture style, settling on a bizarre mix of mildewed gargoyles and modernist solariums.
From New York Times ● Jan. 20, 2022
He had a cavernous mouth, cavernous cheeks, cavernous, sad, mildewed eyes.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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