A scarf was tied round her head but the rebellious curl had escaped and hung damply over her left eye. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : damp weather; a damp towel. ,The welcoming committee gave them a rather damp reception. From Dictionary.com.
Noun : damp that goes through your warmest clothes. From Dictionary.com.
Verb (used with object) : A series of failures damped her enthusiasm. ,to damp a furnace. From Dictionary.com.
The backs of their hands touched damply between them. From Wordnik.com. [A Christmas Bride]
Cafferty's short grey hair stuck damply to his skull. From Wordnik.com. [Fleshmarket Close]
A heap of glowing mucus glistened damply in a far corner. From Wordnik.com. [A Call to Arms]
Stresa's quills shimmered damply, and the air turned chill. From Wordnik.com. [The Elf Queen of Shannara]
They were as damply friendly as Miss Sonntag was dryly hostile. From Wordnik.com. [Babbit] Reference
The red hair shimmered damply as the pale face lifted into view. From Wordnik.com. [The Elf Queen of Shannara]
Her tears rained down in a torrent and flowed damply on his neck. From Wordnik.com. [O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920] Reference
Nothing quite so drab, so despondently dreary, or so damply dismal as. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905] Reference
With difficulty, as it seemed to be glued damply together, I undid it. From Wordnik.com. [The Beekeeper's Apprentice]
He shook my hand damply, and Malcolm's, and said he would be in touch. From Wordnik.com. [Hot Money]
Layne agreed, noticing that Matt's blue shirt clung damply to his body. From Wordnik.com. [Heart Of The Tiger]
She'd taken off the blond wig, and her hair fell damply around her face. From Wordnik.com. [Baby In My Arms]
Her hair, beneath her hood, was black and curled damply around her face. From Wordnik.com. [The Soulforge]
The silver pitcher glistened damply, and the tea was cool and refreshing. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of Chaos]
SWEET ANGER satisfied smile, and his hair clinging damply to his forehead. From Wordnik.com. [Sweet Anger]
Even for mid-morning the place was strangely silent, damply hot, and still. From Wordnik.com. [Strange Alliance] Reference
Bodewhin's cheeks glistened damply, but her face had taken on a determined cast. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of Chaos]
Her blouse was soaked with perspiration and her hair clung damply to her skin. From Wordnik.com. [Falcon's Prey]
The fine silk net of my veil clung damply to my face, making it hard to breathe. From Wordnik.com. [Kushiel's Avatar]
Jon-Tom felt the back of his indigo shirt beginning to cling damply to his skin. From Wordnik.com. [The Day of the Dissonance]
Her hair curled damply about her face, and her skin was tight against her bones. From Wordnik.com. [The Elf Queen of Shannara]
The air was chill and damply fresh and the mist swirled up from waist-high grass. From Wordnik.com. [Lord of Autumn] Reference
The linen of his shirt was crumpled, and clung damply to his chest and shoulders. From Wordnik.com. [A Breath of Snow and Ashes]
Cold sweat beaded his fore-head and his streaked hair clung damply to his temples. From Wordnik.com. [Stormwarden]
I noticed he must have just bathed, for his hair gleamed damply in the rising sun. From Wordnik.com. [Restoree]
He had awoken in a cold, gray land where leaves the color of blood lay damply underfoot. From Wordnik.com. [Blood Lines]
Everything in the place was gleaming and fresh and the plants grew damply in their pots. From Wordnik.com. [Twice shy]
Her plait had come undone, and straggling wisps of hair were sticking damply to her face. From Wordnik.com. [A Breath of Snow and Ashes]
His sombrero was pushed back on his head, and his hair clung damply to his brown forehead. From Wordnik.com. [Sunny Slopes] Reference
It had poured with rain, too; Hornblower's glittering uniform had clung damply around him. From Wordnik.com. [Hornblower In The West Indies]
She trembled convulsively, tears spilling down her cheeks to lie damply against his throat. From Wordnik.com. [Falcon's Prey]
Synelle, oddly garbed in black silk that clung damply to her, a horned chaplet on her brow. From Wordnik.com. [Conan The Triumphant]
She rested against him weakly, damply, her breath raspy as she moaned through his chest hair. From Wordnik.com. [The Witness]
It scarcely moves the leaves around the traveller, but it sinks heavily and damply in his heart. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 289, December 22, 1827] Reference
He looked at us over her bowed head, with eyes that blinked damply above his quivering nostrils. From Wordnik.com. [Dracula] Reference
In sneakers he passed beneath the twelve damply newspapered birdcages suspended from the rafters. From Wordnik.com. [Middlesex]
The Elf and his charges gathered in a knot, fighting for breath, their weapons glistening damply. From Wordnik.com. [The Elf Queen of Shannara]
The rain was sheeting down in a terrific cloud burst, so that their clothes clung to them damply and they began to shiver. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls at Wild Rose Lodge Or, the hermit of Moonlight falls] Reference
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