mildewing
- present participle of mildew.
Example Sentences
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If your bathroom is cramped, super-plush towels will be a challenge to store and might not dry quickly enough to avoid mildewing.
From Slate • Jan. 4, 2019
Eventually, the family sold the mildewing house, with its grand veranda and inner courtyard, and moved into a three-room flat.
From The New Yorker • May 2, 2016
Now, I was wearing rapidly mildewing clothes and getting crushed by a Slovak and a Brit in a multinational game of Monopoly.
From New York Times • May 1, 2012
Gun dealers all over the Gulf Coast region were driven out of business by the hurricane, and they sent their wet and mildewing records to Martinsburg.
From Washington Post • Oct. 26, 2010
He could smell Tuf-Skin and ankle tape, week-old perspiration, moist towels mildewing in forgotten lockers, foot powder, ammonia, and unwashed socks.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
