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dampness

[ UK /dˈæmpnəs/ ]
[ US /ˈdæmpnɪs/ ]
NOUN
  1. a slight wetness

How To Use dampness In A Sentence

  • It enveloped Sylvie, chilled the dampness of her forehead, calmed the fever which had brought her here.
  • There is a certain sadness in the sight of dampness on the window pane as the rain pours down outside.
  • Like all old houses, many of the rooms had open fires, but dampness and condensation was a problem.
  • Inside the mill dampness is baring the wood made bricks after nearly 150 years, and requires some action.
  • The main reasons for the poor condition of houses were disrepair and dampness.
  • Constipation and fullness of the lower abdomen are due to the stagnation of dampness disturbing the large intestine.
  • If there is no damp-proofing in place in your basement, the problem could be dampness.
  • Reports of odors could be an indication of dampness or microbial growth that should be verified by technical and microbiological investigation.
  • We recognize dampness as water retention, bloating and a sense of bogginess in the body.
  • The tenacious Hyde constitution, that was a proverb in Greenfield, conquered at last, and Hitty became conscious, to find herself in a chamber whose plastered walls were crumbling away with dampness and festooned with cobwebs, while the uncarpeted floor was checkered with green stains of mildew, and the very old four-post bedstead on which she lay was fringed around the rickety tester with rags of green moreen, mould-rotted. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 04, No. 22, August, 1859
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