dampish
- a word derived from damp.
Example Sentences
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The weight of a dampish plot hangs on the young mother's efforts to get away from baby long enough for an occasional hour of fun in the evenings.
From Time Magazine Archive
Sample of the dampish dialogue: Diver Quinn, parrying a marriage proposal by Suzan�"Think of what our kids might be like, full of bends and nitro bubbles."
From Time Magazine Archive
He followed her through the narrow, dampish alley at the side of the house.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
It likes good, rich, dampish soil, and delights to grow in a quiet, shady nook, or even beneath the spread of our larger forest trees.
From Hardy Ornamental Flowering Trees and Shrubs by Webster, Angus Duncan
Good Gentlemen; You seem to have a snuffing in your head Sir, A parlous snuffing, but this same dampish air— 2 A dampish air indeed.
From Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (1 of 10) - the Custom of the Country by Beaumont, Francis
