musty
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The garden was overgrown and the kitchen smelled musty.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026
New research now shows that the distinctive musty scent of mummified remains holds valuable clues about how these elaborate burial rituals were carried out.
From Science Daily • Mar. 16, 2026
Despite a series of renovations several years ago, the park still had a bygone, musty air.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2024
Although the troubles of our world never bled into “What We Do in the Shadows,” the story never shied away from politics within its own musty, rotten realm.
From Salon • Nov. 11, 2024
His breath was cold and musty as a mausoleum, but she endured it until he finally, finally closed his eyes, his lips an inch from her face.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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