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
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
On top of the box of mildewed hymn books was a small leather suitcase, a miniature twin to Silas’s own.
From "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman
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