There were only darkness and mustiness to greet him. From Wordnik.com. [Truly]
After the mustiness of the tunnel, it was delicious. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventurous Four Again]
And indeed there was a strange mustiness in everything. From Wordnik.com. [Falk, by Joseph Conrad] Reference
Cold dead air and a smell of mustiness seeped up my nose. From Wordnik.com. [Flying Finish]
This will allow fresh air to get in and prevent mustiness. From Wordnik.com. [Fowler's Household Helps Over 300 Useful and Valuable Helps About the Home, Carefully Compiled and Arranged in Convenient Form for Frequent Use] Reference
The air was cool and fresh without any trace of mustiness. From Wordnik.com. [Cry Mercy Cry Love]
There was mustiness in the air from the dirt and wet insulation. From Wordnik.com. [Storm Warning] Reference
Sections of the flooring and woodwork also reeked with mustiness. From Wordnik.com. [Astounding Stories of Super-Science February 1930] Reference
And now he could smell the rank mustiness borne on the hot breeze. From Wordnik.com. [This Crowded Earth] Reference
Elsa sniffled and stood, eager to escape the mustiness of the old room. From Wordnik.com. [Lipstick in Afghanistan] Reference
Even with its lingering mustiness, the empty room felt like a fresh start. From Wordnik.com. [Unearthly Asylum] Reference
She kept the window open slightly to let the mustiness escape, the slow waste. From Wordnik.com. [Underworld] Reference
The smell wasn't overpowering, more of a tinge really, but the mustiness was there. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-08-01] Reference
I avoided seeing it for years, assuming the film would stifle me with its mustiness. From Wordnik.com. [It's OK to hate the 'Classic Movies It's OK to Hate' list | EW.com] Reference
Linens need air, space to breathe, otherwise you run the risk of mildew and mustiness. From Wordnik.com. [Janice Taylor: Dump, Sort, Toss and Breathe!] Reference
Creslin rubs his nose to stop the itching from the faint mustiness that pervades the cabin. From Wordnik.com. [The Towers of the Sunset]
The smell of the lavender was dry and faint, and a mustiness hung in the air like motes of dust. From Wordnik.com. [GREEDY • by Stephanie Siebert] Reference
The first thing Tim noticed was the hiss of feather against feather, and a certain salt mustiness. From Wordnik.com. [Here Comes Another Lesson] Reference
But the smell of baking, her mother's lavender water and the mustiness of the carpets was the same. From Wordnik.com. [Maura's Game]
The chemical smell from them blotted out that alien mustiness which the wind brought from the campsite. From Wordnik.com. [Storm Over Warlock] Reference
Dalgliesh smelt again its characteristic smell, compounded of mustiness, old paper and the tang of hot metal. From Wordnik.com. [A Mind to Murder]
The coin-op machines are in the basement of my building, and the mustiness and dim light give me the willies. From Wordnik.com. [the secret sense]
It was the same place as before: he could hear the drip of water and smell the mustiness of wet iron and stone. From Wordnik.com. [The Goblin Mirror]
In the air hung a redolence of leather bookbindings, waxed wood, old fabric, and also a faint mustiness of disuse. From Wordnik.com. [Marune: Alastor 933]
The house even smelt different, with the mustiness of age overlaid by an amalgam of odours suggesting female efficiency. From Wordnik.com. [The Alamut Ambush]
This will allow fresh air to get in and prevent the mustiness of the contents, familiar to hotel and boarding-house sufferers. From Wordnik.com. [The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home] Reference
The air, though moving, had a dry mustiness that reminded me of a visit on a fall day many years ago to the catacombs in Rome. From Wordnik.com. [Death on the River Walk]
Tiny hint of mustiness but light and fresh on the top. From Wordnik.com. [Wired Campus] Reference
Fitness training for tennis mustiness compound physical training with practice drills. From Wordnik.com. [We Blog A Lot] Reference
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