I was in ochre, mildewed by frequent bad laundering. From Wordnik.com. [See Delphi and Die]
I asked the wretched old hag in the mildewed lawn chair. From Wordnik.com. [unclebob Diary Entry] Reference
The paper on the walls was mildewed and hanging in strips. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls in a Motor Car The Haunted Mansion of Shadow Valley] Reference
She brushed her fingers across the ledger's mildewed cover. From Wordnik.com. [Thief Of Hearts]
"And all you've got is that mildewed chaperon, snoring there.". From Wordnik.com. [Ambrotox and Limping Dick] Reference
Many times during the latter part of summer peas may become mildewed. From Wordnik.com. [The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.] Reference
As he reached for the brandy bottle, a mildewed ledger caught his eye. From Wordnik.com. [Thief Of Hearts]
Scrolling through a mildewed cellphone, he locates her number and dials it. From Wordnik.com. [Absolute Friends]
It flickered as he entered, and his shadow danced on the mildewed wallpaper. From Wordnik.com. [A Winter Haunting]
May-may was curled up asleep, Ah Gip slumped against a mildewed packing case. From Wordnik.com. [Tai-Pan]
Occasionally in the pecan groves you will find these remarkably white mildewed nuts. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Fourth Annual Meeting Washington D.C. November 18 and 19, 1913] Reference
I pulled a slightly mildewed cushion out from under the prow and placed it on the seat. From Wordnik.com. [To Say Nothing of the Dog]
Snow fell so thickly and so constantly that everything was damp and paper became mildewed. From Wordnik.com. [Policing the Plains Being the Real-Life Record of the Famous North-West Mounted Police] Reference
They were only a mile from the beach, and the ocean air mildewed their walls and linoleum floors. From Wordnik.com. [‘A Handbook to Luck’] Reference
He shook the mildewed object by its pointed end and it dangled, emtpy and ragged: the Sorting Hat. From Wordnik.com. [Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]
Not our fault at all, but the fault of some old mildewed poet, that wanted to make good his verses. From Wordnik.com. [Dorothy Dale : a girl of today] Reference
After a brief hesitation she brings me a jug of water and a chunk of corn bread, slightly mildewed. From Wordnik.com. [Stuka Pilot]
And I knew immediately, as soon as I looked in the first moldy, mildewed box, that I had hit pay dirt. From Wordnik.com. [Sweet, Hot And Savory: Swing Era Jazz Archive Unearthed] Reference
Sprouting potatoes, mildewed squash, and shriveled apples are spread atop the base of brassica stalks. From Wordnik.com. [Organic Gardener's Composting] Reference
Southern States, experience a great amount of difficulty in their timber becoming stained and mildewed. From Wordnik.com. [Seasoning of Wood] Reference
I could smell her sweat, the mildewed cardboard, could hear the flapping of wings as the radio went dead. From Wordnik.com. [Box] Reference
Hillary is remembered as determined and dutiful, grinding away in a mildewed office overlooking an alleyway. From Wordnik.com. [Bill And Hillary's Long, Hot Summer] Reference
The convent is large; it has a great mildewed cloister with a covered-in walk all around it built on arches. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories and Selections for Use in the Secondary Schools] Reference
He freed the clippings to scatter across the water, then turned up a velvet-bound ledger, mildewed with age. From Wordnik.com. [Thief Of Hearts]
And about them was the odour of musty, mildewed broadcloth, taken out of damp presses only on such occasions. From Wordnik.com. [Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure] Reference
My Iona vine set about twenty five bunches, but mildewed and rotted so badly, that I hardly saved as many berries. From Wordnik.com. [The Cultivation of The Native Grape, and Manufacture of American Wines] Reference
Books soon become mildewed or unglued and the finest library will soon have the appearance of a secondhand bookshop. From Wordnik.com. [Birdseye Views of Far Lands] Reference
The stairs to the fifth-floor apartment in the tenement building were rickety and messy, the plaster cracked and mildewed. From Wordnik.com. [Noble House]
I found a stepstool hidden behind a mildewed winter coat, pulled it out,. and stretched high enough to give the door a strong. From Wordnik.com. [Blood Test]
"Slightly mildewed, but every one of them genuine," said Barnwell, after he had tested several thousand dollars 'worth of them. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy Nihilist or, Young America in Russia] Reference
I saw their abandoned farm lands, where the harvests rotted in the furrows and the fruit hung mildewed and ungathered upon the trees. From Wordnik.com. [The New York Times Current History of the European War, Vol 1, Issue 4, January 23, 1915] Reference
In one vest pocket was Bill's gold watch, in another a musty pocketbook and a badly worn note-book that had mildewed in the moisture. From Wordnik.com. [Buffalo Roost] Reference
Melancthon describes how once, before his marriage, Luther's bed had not been made for a whole year, and was mildewed with perspiration. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Luther] Reference
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