dampness
- a word derived from damp.
Example Sentences
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Dampness brought on by rain, flooding and humidity can increase the likelihood that mold will take up residence indoors.
From Washington Post • Jul. 2, 2021
Dampness had seeped under the glass and made splotches on the paper, but by holding their candles up close, they could read it.
From "The City of Ember" by Jeanne DuPrau
Dampness was felt on all sides, wrapping them up in its chill masses; an uneven, buffeting dampness, misty and dark, and seeming to isolate the scattered huts of Ploubazlanec still more.
From An Iceland Fisherman by Cambon, M. Jules
Dampness, as Katy afterward wrote to Clover, was the first impression they received of "gay Paris."
From What Katy Did Next by Coolidge, Susan
And to talk of mending our Climate, where nothing but a general Conflagration can dry the Land, or purge the Dampness of our unelastick Air, is as absurd as the Philosophers Sun-dial in the Grave.
From A Dialogue Between Dean Swift and Tho. Prior, Esq. In the Isles of St. Patrick's Church, Dublin, On that Memorable Day, October 9th, 1753 by Anonymous
