rising damp

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noun

capillary movement of moisture from the ground into the walls of buildings. It results in structural damage up to a level of three feet

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rishi, risibility, risible, rising, rising action, rising damp, rising diphthong, rising hinge, rising rhythm, rising sign, rising trot

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How to use rising damp in a sentence

Since then, the rising gap between the rich and middle- and lower-income families has risen to the fore.
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Launched just 13 years ago, it quickly became a serious rival to MAS and a rising juggernaut in Asia.
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Rising up from scooping bay, the steep topography—hemmed by hills of evergreens—promises panoramas at practically every turn.
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Since rising to power over the past five years, Boko Haram has killed more than 6,000 Nigerians.
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During one session, detainee Abu Zubaydah became “completely unresponsive with bubbles rising through his open full mouth.”
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The tears came so fast to Mrs. Pontellier's eyes that the damp sleeve of her peignoir no longer served to dry them.
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As for him, he much preferred the darkness of his cool, damp galleries under the ground.
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First of all, wrap a portion of damp newspaper round the roots, and then tie up with dry paper.
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The sun when he appeareth shewing forth at his rising, an admirable instrument, the work of the most High.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims Version|Various
Rising at once he bundled up his traps, threw the line of his small hand-sledge over his shoulder, and stepped out for home.
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