How To Use Musty In A Sentence

It had this atmosphere of being a bit fusty, musty and middle class. Times, Sunday Times
And classical reminiscences have, even with him, a dull musty tinge which recalls the antiquarian in his Cambridge college-rooms rather than the visitor to Florence and Rome. Proserpine and Midas
Poe had been a musty relic, someone she was forced to read in high school, nothing more than " nevermore. IN A STRANGE CITY
Trevelyan himself was present, bent with age, his musty gown fraying at the edges - emblematic, I remember thinking, of an old order passing.
A musty aroma of hunter's stew filled her nostrils, and the sour smell of soggy, rotten straw was almost unbearable all of a sudden.

The musty, barky smell of fresh rain fallen on the dry earth is petrichor.
It had this atmosphere of being a bit fusty, musty and middle class. Times, Sunday Times
Don't buy a tree that is losing green needles, or has dry, brittle twigs or a sour, musty smell.
These are deposited by the bugs before they settle down to digest their meals, and have a sweet odour described as ‘pepperminty’ or ‘musty’.
The first sign of corkiness is a musty smell reminiscent of wet cardboard.
Wine room No longer just a musty old cellar, now you need a bespoke room to show off your precious collection. Times, Sunday Times
The old musty books are my favourite. The Sun
Steve then proceeded to rant and rave at the musty defendant who, taking his lawyer's advice, kept well shtum.
a moldy (or musty) odor
There is no perfume residue, so a musty smell can soon set in. Times, Sunday Times
I loved the smell of cork grease and slide oil, of musty woolen uniforms, and the tangy dankness of brassy horn bells.
The room has a musty odour; the furniture looks dark, heavy and somber as if the house resents my presence.
The room has a musty odour; the furniture looks dark, heavy and somber as if the house resents my presence.
Lucie and Matt crawled through the musty vent shaft.
And we see the empty front desk and tiny silver bell... The vacant lobby, with its musty old rugs... The open elevator, waiting... The dining room, with its crisp white tablecloths .
Their musty old home had been transformed into a cauldron of competing energies, which then spilled over into their lives. Times, Sunday Times
The argument did not gain stature from its antiquity; that only made it musty and tired.
Her character portraits are cold and bloodless, the larger vision is prosy and constipated, and her self-conscious literary tone has the musty odor of a vanity-press poetry journal.
Q How do you get the musty smell out of old books? Times, Sunday Times
The place smelled musty and damp, even though it was at the end of a hot, dusty canyon.
auf dem etwas stockfleckigen Passepartout - stockfleckig was new to me and means with patches caused by mould on textiles, paper, wood - pale, brownish or greyish-black spot with a musty smell - foxed, in fact I had to look up "foxed" too! Languagehat.com: W.G. SEBALD.
Either the cooking meat or the giant himself had a rank and musty smell. A Plague of Angels
There are no secondhand PE kits or musty old jumpers on sale though. The Sun
Lots of people get turned off by the thought of having to wade through rails of musty old clothes '. Times, Sunday Times
Having rectified that, it's now firmly on my list of places I wouldn't mind living if a hitherto unsuspected wealthy great-aunt died and left me her musty manse.
No one had visited here for a long time and everything was covered by a thick layer of dust and the musty smell that accompanied a dwelling no one inhabited anymore.
Pearl woke up with sunrise the next morning in a dark, musty cell in the bilge of the large ship.
Go into a room where the shutters are always shut (in a sick room or a bedroom there should never be shutters shut), and though the room be uninhabited, though the air had never been polluted by the breathing of human beings, you will observe a close, musty smell of corrupt air, of air i.e. unpurified by the effect of the sun's rays. Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not
It also has a musty smell. Times, Sunday Times
The sort of musty old room without which no gentleman's country residence was complete 100 years ago. Times, Sunday Times
I want them musty, fusty and downright dirty. Times, Sunday Times
He yawned and inhaled the dusty, musty air that he had become so familiar with over the last five years.
Located in the western wing of the Great Library, the resi - dence of the historian was small and, like all other rooms in the library, was filled with books of every type and binding, lining the shelves on the walls and giving the central living area a faint musty odor, like a mausoleum that had been sealed for centu - ries. Time of the Twins
The Democratic leadership and the liberal intelligentsia seemed pathetic and exhausted, wedded to musty ideals of bipartisanship and decorousness. Jay Rosen: Printing Press Progressives at Mother Jones Try to Debunk the Political Web
I suppose that, at the beginning of this chapter, one had the notion that, by hard scratching through musty old records we might rake up vague, more than doubtful data, distortable into what's called evidence of unrecognized worlds or constructions of planetary size -- The Book of the Damned
Is there an area of your house that has a musty smell to it (basements, laundry rooms, and closets are all prime spots)?
You know that damp chill and musty blanket smell you normally experience on entering a holiday let? Times, Sunday Times
I want them musty, fusty and downright dirty. Times, Sunday Times
It let out a bellow of rage and shook its large head back and forth, throwing a fine spray of slobber through the musty air.
For as long as there has been a publishing industry, there have been used books, that supposedly quaint world of polymaths and antiquarians poking about musty, cluttered stores for titles few readers would know.
The corridors were very dimly lit, and there was an ancient smell of musty decay.
My favorite bookstores for buying books are any little used book store in any little touristy town, so when you're in, say, Sonoma, and you've tasted so much wine that you are getting a bit buzzy (because spitting is a sin because there are sober children in China), you can wander over to the used book store and breathe the musty smell and find treasures you've never heard of and can't wait to read. Bookstore Appreciation Time!
Wine room No longer just a musty old cellar, now you need a bespoke room to show off your precious collection. Times, Sunday Times
In that room you breathed books, that musty paper odor of yellowing pages and crumbling bindings.
A dank series of cavelike rooms below an Orthodox yeshiva, the place had a musty, subterranean feel, as if the Golem were crouching in the next passageway. The Lampshade
The damp musty smell in the air suggested we were still in the base, though it seemed impossible for most of it was destroyed.
It also has a musty smell. Times, Sunday Times
The air was moist and musty inside and the scent of shellac filled Erin's nose.
So, trapped in the musty atmosphere of planet earth, they appear clumsy and fragile.
It disturbed my bibliophilist labors, and gave a twang of musty nausea even to the sweet scent of old binding-leather. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 28, July, 1873
He smelled musty and damp, like the cardboard box he presumably lived in.
The scent and taste of mace is often described as peppery or musty with an almost mentholated note.
The musty aroma of incense made her head swim.
Someone was living in the three servant's rooms adjoining the kitchen but the rest of the house lay musty under faded holland covers.
I can remember the smell of wintergreen, and the musty smell of my first sheepskin jacket.
The air was moist and musty inside and the scent of shellac filled Erin's nose.
Some people remain surprised that in this modern age we should still be ruled over by any sort of royalty, as the whole bejewelled charade smacks of musty old deference.
They have a characteristic musty odor that is detectable when large numbers are present or when the bugs are crushed.
The old musty books are my favourite. The Sun
Q How do you get the musty smell out of old books? Times, Sunday Times
I began laying out all the prints, one at a time, until every piece of furniture, every square inch of musty broadloom, and every cracked bathroom tile were covered with Sammy and Peter's brilliant career. Hi-Ya!
You had musty victual, and he hath holp to eat it: he is a very valiant trencherman; he hath an excellent stomach. Much Ado About Nothing
In that room you breathed books, that musty paper odor of yellowing pages and crumbling bindings.
The leaves all stick together and smell musty. Daniel Deronda
I glanced around, at the musty bookshelves and shuttered windows.
There are no secondhand PE kits or musty old jumpers on sale though. The Sun
So, trapped in the musty atmosphere of planet earth, they appear clumsy and fragile.
The halls had a slight musty odor and there were spots where pictures used to hang from the walls.
That yellow jumper must be smelling pretty musty by now. The Sun
Often the first indication that a microorganism problem exists is a characteristic musty odor.
It smelt dank and musty, like a cave which the sea entered regularly.
Johannes looked around the tiny room, saw the narrow bed with its musty blanket, the reeking bedpan. DREAMS OF INNOCENCE
Ravenna hurried to the cupboard and got in, wrinkling her nose at the musty smell of old, dry paper that was pervading the cupboard.
Baking soda can also freshen musty carpets.
With wet rot, the wood will feel wet and soft and smell musty. Times, Sunday Times
There's nothing musty or fusty about a passion for old, rare, or out-of-print books, Janette insists.
Opening the door, she made a face at the musty smell.
You know that damp chill and musty blanket smell you normally experience on entering a holiday let? Times, Sunday Times
The door squeaked on its hinges and opened to a musty hall.
In 1755, some seventy years after the last dodo's death, the director of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford decided that the institution's stuffed dodo was becoming unpleasantly musty and ordered it be tossed into a bonfire." [p. 564] This was the last specimen left in existence. BOOK REVIEW FROM THE EDGE OF THE PLANET: ‎Bill Bryson's A SHORT HISTORY OF NEARLY ‎EVERYTHING ‎
The cottage had a musty smell after being shut up over the winter.
The musty odour of Corsican charcuterie fills the shop, making you either ravenous or nauseous. Times, Sunday Times
A secret pocket containing a sachet of natural, moth-repelling herbs ensures that your pashmina will emerge from the summer smelling sweet, rather than reeking of a musty old attic.
The sort of musty old room without which no gentleman's country residence was complete 100 years ago. Times, Sunday Times
The curtains may have shut, but no one switched you off and packed you up with props and costumes in a musty room.
Anyway, what with all these musty old cellars there was a bit of a rat problem.
Lots of people get turned off by the thought of having to wade through rails of musty old clothes '. Times, Sunday Times
But as technology advanced, piano rolls and player pianos became curiosities - musty musician museum pieces.
Set up by the city's most famous poet in 1919, it still retains the musty, order-through-chaos atmosphere of a true bibliophile's den.
Aroma: musty and resiny, some citrus; pine hops; biscuit and toasty malts are faintly in the background Archive 2009-05-01
Commonsense shrieked at me not to let a drop pass my lips, but it was irresistible, like musty goat's cheese straight from the liquidizer.
I want them musty, fusty and downright dirty. Times, Sunday Times
The musty odour of Corsican charcuterie fills the shop, making you either ravenous or nauseous. Times, Sunday Times
A better way of making old wine more palatable is to pur it over clingfilm/saran wrap into a decanter/large glass and drink from tere. the long chain polymers of the film (polythene to be precise) bind to 2,4,6-trichloranisole (the chemical that makes wine smell musty/old - abbreviated to TCA) and, for a better word, refreshes it. Make House Wine Taste Better With Soda Water | Lifehacker Australia
A sheet left inside suitcase luggage or travel baggage can prevent musty odors.
The musty odour of Corsican charcuterie fills the shop, making you either ravenous or nauseous. Times, Sunday Times
A pop song from the 1980s played on the speakers, a musty oldie, something about childhood, a song about innocence.
In my mind I see the shelves of books and smell the musty fragrance of paper.
No matter what happens in Wednesday's Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals, you can say this about the last six years in sports: It's been a wonderful ride for purists, history buffs, musty old fogies, moss-grown fuddy-duddies, unapologetic curmudgeons and anyone who has spent the last six decades in a Cryogenic tube. Score One for the Ghosts of History
Before them lay a ladder down into a musty basement that was obviously not listed on the building plans.
As always, the scent of musty pages and old bindings, mixed with the aroma of coffee, washed over me, and I stopped for a second to breathe it in.
The next moment, the musty smell of stale tobacco and ancient dust drifted through the darkness, and he half-opened his eyes.
The monkey was enveloped by the musty darkness of a coarse woollen bag.
They walked into the musty, dingy, brown-atmosphered house. Donal Grant, by George MacDonald
And now, there is someone else pursuing Waller in Provence-Reggie Campion, an agent for a secret vigilante group headquartered in a musty old English estate-and she has an agenda of her own. WEEKLY BOOK RELEASES FOR APRIL 25TH | Open Society Book Club Discussions and Reviews
There's a musty smell and dusty relics from the past. Christianity Today
Mike leans back and chuckles, and everyone joins in, sipping hot, sweet coffee gratefully in the chill of the a/c, in the musty dinginess of the club before opening time.
Noa he isn't, but they worn't content wi 'that but Musty went an' gate some sooart o 'paader' at they use to dye red worset an 'sich like stuff wi', an he tuk off his cap an 'sprinkled it all amang his toppin, an then they left him, an' in a bit he wakken'd up, for all th 'childer ith district wor gethered raand him, starin at him. Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley
I had never set foot in a courtroom before; it was cold and smelled like damp, musty wood.
Do you detect an odour that is either pepperminty or musty?
Either the cooking meat or the giant himself had a rank and musty smell. A Plague of Angels
I had never set foot in a courtroom before; it was cold and smelled like damp, musty wood.
What if the Dart actually landed closer to the bland dry cleaners store on the corner than the musty botanica half a block away that sold folk medicine, amulets, and tall candles enclosed in scarlet glass? Camp Wonder
Takeover tales were thin on the ground and those given an airing smelt decidedly musty. Times, Sunday Times
As it was, she had a thin, lumpy wool cloak, riddled with holes despite its distinct, musty smell of mothballs, to prop up her head upon.
Bloggers are blessedly uninfected by the musty Establishmentarian Air that permeates joints like Elaine's.
The cottage had a musty smell after being shut up over the winter.
It was an error, borrowing a name from that musty old Freudian, but let it go. HOPE TO DIE
Ovenbirds give off a unique musty odor that is thought to come from the oil in the uropygial gland.
Hurrying into the heart of the library, the musty smell of old ink and rotting paper curled around her nostrils.
You might have thought that wool meant a heavy, cumbersome, musty olive drab green blanket.
The leaves all stick together and smell musty. Daniel Deronda
On the nose there are bags of ripe yeast underlined by musty hayshed flavours.
There is no perfume residue, so a musty smell can soon set in. Times, Sunday Times
They rented a tiny flat with a musty odour, where they slept on a bed with no sheets. Times, Sunday Times
You know that damp chill and musty blanket smell you normally experience on entering a holiday let? Times, Sunday Times
Takeover tales were thin on the ground and those given an airing smelt decidedly musty. Times, Sunday Times
The room smelled musty, and the three stone walls had moss growing in the cracks.
The captain was always at him to read musty old improving books, and talking about the position he would occupy. The Daisy Chain
The old wooden stairs gave way to concrete, and a foul musty smell filled the air.
How can the council say that this family are not a priority when they are living in mouldy, musty, damp conditions with a two-week old baby and a son who has asthma?
The inside of the cabin was dark, dank, and smelled musty.
He sleuthed alone in the musty stacks, he hovered over the mahogany drawers lined with vellum manuscripts. WICKED: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF THE WICKED WITCH OF THE WEST
The basement smelled musty, like rusted tools and damp cellar water.
How can the council say that this family are not a priority when they are living in mouldy, musty, damp conditions with a two-week old baby and a son who has asthma?
You had musty victual, and he hath holp to eat it: he is a very valiant trencherman; he hath an excellent stomach. Much Ado About Nothing
Her character portraits are cold and bloodless, and her self-conscious literary tone has the musty odor of a vanity-press poetry journal.
When her petrified brain did make the connection, she realized that they would be hanging on a rusty nail in the shed located at the bottom of the overgrown garden, its door probably jammed shut by inches of high grass and an invasion of convolvulus, its musty interior inhabited by various large and unchecked spiders. The Home for Broken Hearts
The musty, moth-eaten curtains, once a grand crimson, were now dull brown and drooping listlessly.
Warning signs include musty smells and damp walls. Times, Sunday Times
The bungalow was damp with a musty smell but Rod didn't care.
Other offensive odours can come from areas such as the refrigerator, garbage bins, including indoor compost buckets, musty drawers and even shoes.
The musty smell of old books filled the air as I turned the ancient pages.
The cottage had a musty smell after being shut up over the winter.
Brown vinegar also works well in smelly cupboards, especially those that have a musty or mouldy odour.
The attic was musty, wooden, with a low ceiling that reached its peak at the center and sloped gently toward the sides.
He reached the bottom and choked on the dank musty smell that greeted him.
Why at night both my gentlemen had kibed heels, a tetter in the chin, a churchyard cough in the lungs, a catarrh in the throat, a swingeing boil at the rump, and the devil of one musty crust of a brown george the poor dogs had to scour their grinders with. Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel
It seems old Sucksmith had been drinkin tother day, an 'he must ha getten moor nor he could carry, an' tha knows as weel as me 'at he can sup moor nor what ud mak some fowk druffen, an' walk as steady as if he'd swallow'd a church, steeple an 'all; an' he ligg'd him daan o 'some sheets o' wool 'at wor bi th' rooad side, an 'as Musty wor goain past he saw him, an' soa he thowt he'd have Yorksher Puddin' A Collection of the Most Popular Dialect Stories from the Pen of John Hartley
I have made this before with spices, such as caraway, but have found that they make the beetroot quite musty... Beetroot Tart
The old wooden stairs gave way to concrete, and a foul musty smell filled the air.
Warning signs include musty smells and damp walls. Times, Sunday Times
They went inside, he shut the door, and smells of old carpeting, dust too deep to be vacuumed up, and musty upholstery surrounded her. DOLL'S EYES
So those hideous, snotty, phthisicky, eaves-dropping, musty, moving forms of mortification, both in public and private, curse those dainty books, and like toads spit their venom upon them. Five books of the lives, heroic deeds and sayings of Gargantua and his son Pantagruel
Their musty old home had been transformed into a cauldron of competing energies, which then spilled over into their lives. Times, Sunday Times
The high velvet shoulder of his doublet smelt musty as though it had been lying in a trunk for centuries.
The air smelt musty now, fruity with the redolence of mould and decay. DESPERADOES
She wore Emma Huntington's jade parure in its entirety; the hairclip, the earrings, the ring, and the necklace, all made of that elegant musty jungle color.
Close up, the priest too had an institutional tinge; boiled-tattie complexion, musty soutane and a home haircut. A Small Death in the Great Glen
I also have fond memories of visits to the local libraries- the cosy local branch with its musty shelves and mustier assistants, or, for a specially exciting outing, a Saturday morning at the junior section of Newcastle Central. Bookworm
It was the sort of rain that resembled water being wrung out of a dishcloth - droplets the size of marbles and musty-smelling to boot.
Inside the building is the usual musty pioneer furniture, silverware and old photographs of men in hats and women in white dresses.
It's big, dark, and smells as dank and musty as you'd expect of a place that's piled from floor to ceiling with stack after stack of surplus military clothing.
Not all herbs smell good - catmint, curry plant, pyrethrum, rue, santolina and tansy are all pretty pongy, ranging from slightly musty to downright disgusting.
Often the first indication that a microorganism problem exists is a characteristic musty odor.
TBAs are 2,4,6-tribromoanisoles, one of a class of chemical compounds known as halogenated anisoles, which can produce a moldy or musty odor in food, drugs and other products. Unsafe by definition: TBAs
They have a characteristic musty odor that is detectable when large numbers are present or when the bugs are crushed.
He is a type of a great many who lived within the limits of the old Papal territory; whether he and they have dropped their musty sheepskins and shaken off their unthrift under the new government, I cannot say. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 70, August, 1863
The musty smell of paper beyond its age filled his lungs.
Within, I saw bags of fertilizer - undoubtedly, the source of the decaying, musty smell. NO BODY
For as long as there has been a publishing industry, there have been used books, that supposedly quaint world of polymaths and antiquarians poking about musty, cluttered stores for titles few readers would know.
The inside of the cabin was rather gloomy and had a musty, old mouldy smell about it.
The loneliness and silence and the pervasive musty, boding scent of the old house, showed on his skin, like blotches of mould. THE LAST RAVEN
The cottage had a musty smell after being shut up over the winter.
So I said I had to go and he clasped me in his musty arms and told me I was an incredible person with a fierce inner light of joy.
They rented a tiny flat with a musty odour, where they slept on a bed with no sheets. Times, Sunday Times
The scent and taste of mace is often described as peppery or musty with an almost mentholated note.
The ceilings had water stains and gave off a musty moldy smell.
The air tasted musty and stale so I hooked the corner of the canvas cover up so the air could flow through.
You know that damp chill and musty blanket smell you normally experience on entering a holiday let? Times, Sunday Times
We also have the next, newer volume of the Grange songbook which is also old and musty. "Do Not Mortgage The Farm"
I am in the musty storage bow of a sailless schooner on the murky waters of the river Styx.
Furthermore, discerning customers would notice the taste, which is known to be uniquely earthy, musty and almost syrupy.
Kegi had made a study of that book: the old lord had died, cousin Kegi had succeeded to the seat at Choedri, and while his overlord had not yet responded to Reidi's bird-sent messagesnor would respond, Kegi said, until he was sure others were movingKegi had taken the field with nothing but that damn musty scroll for advice, that and his priest, his cook, his horse-doctor, and the men of his personal guard. 2005
That yellow jumper must be smelling pretty musty by now. The Sun
The torch at last relumed, we entered a tomb-like excavation, at every step raising clouds of dust; and at last stood before long rows of musty, mummyish parcels, so dingy-red, and so rolled upon sticks, that they looked like stiff sausages of Bologna; but smelt like some fine old Stilton or Cheshire. Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. II (of 2)
Remember when flat, uncomfortable inclining lifts were installed in dank, musty homes? Strange Stairs
She glanced at the dark and dank interior of the slightly musty establishment.
His rather musty, tweedy jacket made him look oddly like a careers adviser.
It often has musty and horse-stable notes, probably from the prolonged fermentation of the fruit layer skatole, cresol. On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
It was musty, cobwebbed, and encrusted with stalactic nitre, but the spirit of rare old vintages exhaled from its depths, and visionary clusters of purplest grapes dangled in every direction. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy
Something about him she didn't like, his jaunty airs, the straw cowboy hat placed raggedly atop his musty brown crop of hair.
If this is just a musty smell, then vacuuming it out and masking it with potpourri or airing it out for a while might help.
With wet rot, the wood will feel wet and soft and smell musty. Times, Sunday Times
The room smelled musty and stale.

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