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That may be a charitable description of the hold-your-hat winds and zip-up-your-puffy-jacket evenings in the city, when the dankness of the fog can make it feel colder than the official temperature readings.

From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2022

But still not impossible: On the advice of a shrink — OK, several shrinks — we began preparing a covered porch space at the house a month ago for the coming season of dankness.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2020

“There’s a dankness and gloom about this festival,” one attendee told the New York Times as he waited for the ferry at Yarmouth.

From The Guardian • Jul. 7, 2020

Liz dried her eyes and took in a deep breath of dankness and car exhaust.

From Nature • Dec. 17, 2019

It was not the lack of windows that made that sure; more the dankness.

From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman