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mustiness

[ UK /mˈʌstɪnəs/ ]
NOUN
  1. the quality of smelling or tasting old or stale or mouldy

How To Use mustiness In A Sentence

  • But even if the place had been pitch black, I would have known by its smell—a mix of mustiness, dust, and paint—that I was in an old theater, the kind with worn gilt edges and heavy velvet curtains that hung a little longer each year. Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die the Deep End of Fear
  • She was doing me terrible harm, mixing up my first erotic feelings with Santa Claus and the smells of smoke and alcohol and mustiness, associations that would become my curse forever. Babies
  • The experts should surely exude the wholesome smell of the clinic rather than the conservative mustiness of the courtroom.
  • I yielded, resting my weight against him, smelling the soap on his skin and the faint mustiness of the clothes.
  • The only smell was of the mustiness of the infrequently used bed linen. INSTRUMENTS OF DARKNESS
  • Upon unwrapping it recently, I thought I detected a hint of mustiness. Avoiding Musty Car Covers
  • The heating system just popped, I can smell the dog and my shampoo and laundry detergent and a little mustiness as the heater kicks in, the plant on the bookcase has yellowed leaves, and when I brush my hair out of my face where it just fell I can smell the orange oil on my fingers from the blood orange I had at breakfast. I smoke my friends down to the filter
  • Too much moisture or rain causes mustiness in the eventual taste and so the beans area heaped up at night against the dew.
  • They will not only impart a nice fragrance but will also help to eliminate mustiness and staleness.
  • Sometimes just sitting in the company of books, breathing in their slight mustiness, and listening to their quiet voices can renew a harassed soul.
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