Example Sentences

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While humidity will ease some on Friday behind a weak cold front, oppressive mugginess returns over the weekend.

From Washington Post • Jul. 21, 2022

Some widely scattered thunderstorms and heavy rain could reach the East Coast and the Gulf States on Saturday, contributing to the mugginess.

From New York Times • Jul. 1, 2022

The Sunday of their arrangement came up to dense clouds and a heavy mugginess.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 8, 2018

“I call it Camp Cupcake,” said Cardinals Coach Bruce Arians, whose Augusts once were consumed by college football camps in the withering mugginess of Starkville, Miss., and Tuscaloosa, Ala.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 29, 2016

The decrepit window air conditioner wheezed, losing the battle against the mugginess of his living room.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner