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“He’s been wearing it for 35 years, so it’s a bit more aged in a moldy, mildewy way. We did a little fake tummy to make him look a little bit middle-aged,” Atwood says.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 24, 2024

He acknowledged that he loved the smell of a tennis court, too, though not perhaps at Midtown Tennis, which felt airless and mildewy that morning.

From New York Times • Jun. 3, 2022

“Even if I was damp and mildewy and starving.”

From Washington Times • Aug. 15, 2019

“Even if I was damp and mildewy and starving.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 15, 2019

She buttons my sleeves, and when she leans down to retie each of my black shoes, a mildewy smell rises from her bonnet.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline