mildew

How To Use mildew In A Sentence

• Use 100% polyester thread to help prevent the thread from mildewing.
• It does not get spoilt by damp, like tobacco and cloth do; indeed, in addition to the amount of moisture supplied by their reeking climate, they superadd a large quantity of river water to the spirit before it leaves their hands, while with the other articles of trade it is one perpetual grind to keep them free from moisture and mildew. Travels in West Africa
• In recent years the Grahams have had to put up with freezing cold, mildew and woodworm.
• Some are prone to mildew and wilt; avoid tall kinds. Winter Garden Glory
• How can I stop powdery mildew ruining my soft fruits and vegetables? Times, Sunday Times
• The timing corresponds with the formation of spores in a funguslike pathogen that attacks the plant and results in a condition known as downy mildew disease. NYT > Home Page
• Through the open windows the heavy, damp night came miasmically floating in, the very cigarettes mildewed in my pockets. Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers
• Common onion diseases include damping off, botrytis leaf blight, downy mildew, and bacterial blight.
• I can feel the stuff I don't say rotting inside me like mildewy spuds in a sack," he says.
• There was a wind blowing down here, unlikely as that seemed, and it smelled not of small, mildewed rooms, but of wide green spaces. COLDHEART CANYON