Dampness
in example sentence
His lamp, drowned in
dampness
, was going out, and, touching with his fingers, he clearly recognized the marks of the saw and of the wimble--the whole abominable labour of destruction.
More example sentences with word dampness
First Pachelbel's Canon brought a lump to my throat, then the sight of a Tiger Moth (which my grandfather, my father and I have all flown) produced a slight
dampness
around the eyes and then Crowe's name hooked me completely.
Before going down, they all came here to get a little warmth in their skins, so that they could face the
dampness
of the pit.
Father Bonnemort, who was setting out for the pit, growled that those sort of stories wouldn't make the soup better; while the others went upstairs in single file, noticing the
dampness
of the walls and the pestiferous stuffiness of the air.
Even the odour of onion had gone, that strong odour which revealed the settlement from afar across the country; now there was nothing but the smell of old vaults, the
dampness
of holes in which nothing lives.
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