More than occasionally slightly mildewed, but that's not always a disqualifier.
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Already, the homes and trailers bear the mildewed, rusting scars of increasing floods.
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Amorphophallus titanum—is named for its stench, a rotting, noxious mix that calls to mind roadkill or mildewed gym laundry.
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The windows and glass doors that lead into the Napoleon Ballroom have been shattered and boarded up with mildewed plywood.
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The frame on the left contains a sheet of dark, mildewed paper that looks cloudy and smoky, damaged and stained.
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They say Invitation Homes would pay neither for the removal of the mildewed carpeting nor for the family to stay in a hotel.
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And then, at ten years old, pictures in an old mildewed photo album of his father, from about a decade earlier, dressed as a woman, a cheerleader.
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In her view, the T.C.U. was unacceptably run-down: the walls were mildewed, the hallways were caked in grime, and the sewage system was often backed up.
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Laura lives in the home with their daughter, and she says the HOA is PISSED they have a dirty or mildewed roof and no fence around their pool.
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Describing a bedroom, Hazzard writes, 'Even a mildewed snapshot of an English cottage, if it was labelled 1915, was smirched and spattered with a brown consciousness of the trenches.
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Telling others I'd left in order to grow felt like a grand lie, when I knew I had left because my roots had mildewed near the point of disrepair.
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There is always that sun-drenched backdrop that takes over everything: that dewy, mildewed, strip-malled, occasionally dumpster-adjacent landscape that bleeds its sunsets over retention ponds and oceans alike.
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The unnecessarily large pool floats that you'd probably use once and then shove into the back of a closet, hoping it doesn't get too mildewed before you bring it out again next summer!
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There's the original bank, a squat white holdover from the dam-worker days paneled with curling, mildewed clapboard, and the half-constructed new bank, a soaring metal skeleton that vaults directly over the old structure.
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The smells of soil and other organic material seemed antique in their decay, the outside world like a rolled-up oriental rug, damp and fading, one of those bygone remainders that mildewed in the basement back in Pennsylvania.
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Although at times we work in the gold-plated master bathrooms of mansions with lake views, we usually end up in dank, mildewed basements where I get lost in mazes of storage boxes looking for the water meter.
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In a bit that compares the men surrounding President Trump to mildewed driftwood, he draws attention to the mild laughter mixed with applause: "You all like: It's not that funny, but it was really quite the picture you painted there."
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Some prominent architects say demolishing the hotel would be just fine because they do not see much artistic or historic value in the structure, which has been abandoned since the 1990s, and has weeds and wildflowers growing in its mildewed crevices.
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I was raised in one of the city's drowsier corners, near enough, via my parents' white Corolla, to goodly expanses of both bushland and beach, where the air smelled of exactly five things on rotation (Banana Boat sunscreen, mildewed neoprene, frangipani, eucalypt, vinegar-doused fries).
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It tracks the academic's efforts to authenticate a "mashed and mildewed" manuscript chronicling the adventures of Sheppard and his lover, Edgeworth Bess, here a Spinoza-spouting prostitute, as they move through the queer subcultures of 18th-century London and clash with its corrupt police force.
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Mr. Chevy's comment about trailer-park teenagers was a reference to the Williams Brothers' "Atlantic/s," a critically acclaimed experience that contains only a single, lovingly detailed scene: a sagging double-wide somewhere off the Carolina coast, lightly mildewed, door swinging in the breeze.
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" Amis makes this case in an essay on Larkin, whose evocations of the mildewed and the mingy manage to leave us glorified by their oft-thought-but-ne'er-so-well-expressed exactitude: "Larkin's life was a pitiful mess of evasion and poltroonery; his work was a triumph.
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It's also a devastating reminder of an event that reshaped the contours of civic life: the water shortages caused by inundated water-treatment facilities, the roads closed because bridges had been washed away, the mildewed carpet and drywall piled up in mountains in virtually every neighborhood in town, the funerals.
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By the time the ashram was reopened to the public in 2015, part of a campaign to draw tourists to the area, most of the buildings had been vandalized by young lovers, who had hobbled over broken security walls to scrawl sweet nothings, and the occasional phallus, on the mildewed walls of remaining structures.
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CreditCreditJosh Haner/The New York Times ISLE DE JEAN CHARLES, La. — Each morning at 21:210, when Joann Bourg leaves the mildewed and rusted house that her parents built on her grandfather's property, she worries that the bridge connecting this spit of waterlogged land to Louisiana's terra firma will again be flooded and she will miss another day's work.
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I relive the exquisite pain of things that no longer exist: my father's jean jacket, my father, Travolta's 1977 dark beauty, how it felt to be alone in the house with my mom after my siblings left for school, the hypnotic rotations of my record-player spinning the Osmonds and Paper Lace, the particular odors of a mildewed tent in summertime.
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When he writes to a friend, soon after his marriage, of what it is like to lie in a dry bed after years of sleeping on a pile of damp, mildewed straw, and when, elsewhere, he speaks of the surprise of turning over in bed and seeing a pair of pigtails on the pillow next to his, your heart softens toward this dyspeptic man.
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The kitchen, for instance, still belongs to Marion, her collection of mildewed cookbooks barely contained by the cabinet doors, their pages marked by personal postcards from Julia Child and the American cartoonist Chuck Jones, both close family friends; the only update, Kevin says, is the stubborn verdigris patina he's allowed to accumulate on the dull copper backsplash, a sign of age that his mother would never have permitted.
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The game is played out, the figures have melted away, the lines are frazzled, the board is mildewed. Everything has become barbarious again.
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Other than these sparse accommodations, there was a fourth door on the left of the hall that led to a rather dilapidated, disgustingly mildewed water closet.
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The information obtained from the owner was, that a month ago he perceived that the horse staled very much, but he attributed it to the oats being a little mildewed.
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Christian Classics Ethereal Library. Retrieved 17 May 2009; Mullett, 180–81. Before marrying, Luther had been living on the plainest food, and, as he admitted himself, his mildewed bed was not properly made for months at a time.Marty, 109; Bainton, Mentor edition, 226.
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The legend by Yao, Tujia and Buyi people says that the sunlight during the 6th of June has the magical power, that would prevent clothes and books damaged by worms or get mildewed, and would also help people to avoid evil spirits.
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In 1862, the church was described as having a rickety door and mildewed walls. The western end contained an Early Transitional single window. The rest of the window openings had been modernised and filled with common sashes, which were rotten, letting in wind and rain. The east end had a small square sash, such as is ordinarily provided for a scullery or any inferior office.
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The early history of dark tea is unclear, but there are several legends and some credible theories. For example, one legend holds that dark tea was first produced accidentally, on the Silk Road and Tea Road by tea caravans in the rainy season. When the tea was soaked in rain, the tea transporters abandoned it for fear of contamination. The next year, nearby villages suffered from dysentery, and decided to drink the abandoned mildewed tea in desperation.
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Nothing would sleep in that cellar, dank as a ditch, Bulbs broke out of boxes hunting for chinks in the dark, Shoots dangled and drooped, Lolling obscenely from mildewed crates, Hung down long yellow evil necks, like tropical snakes. And what a congress of stinks!- Roots ripe as old bait, Pulpy stems, rank, silo-rich, Leaf-mold, manure, lime, piled against slippery planks. Nothing would give up life: Even the dirt kept breathing a small breath.
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After Sissy nearly drowns Emma while the two are swimming, Ali realizes that Sissy is not merely a bad influence, but dangerous. Dulcie, who has yet to meet Sissy face to face, agrees that Sissy should not be allowed near Emma. The next time Sissy appears, Ali forbids her from seeing Emma again, but Sissy is able to lure Emma away by promising her a doll she particularly covets. Dulcie is shocked to recognize the doll, which is mildewed and rotten from being at the bottom of the lake.
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When asked what to do with some new but mildewed uniforms, Pattison wrote, "give them to the Irish". Yet in spite of all the derogatory remarks, the Royal Irish Artillery was awarded white leather stocks as a mark of their good gunnery. In 1801, following the Act of Union and the formation of the United Kingdom, the Royal Irish Artillery was absorbed as an integral part of the Royal Artillery and therefore ceased to exist. They became part of the 7th Battalion of The Royal Regiment of Artillery.
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Wright's biographer, Lawrence V. Tagg (Harold Bell Wright: Storyteller to America, Westernlore Press, 1986), gathered a collection of contemporary attacks on Wright. Owen Wister’s comments are representative: “I doubt if the present hour furnishes any happier symbols [of the quack novel] than we have in Mr. Wright [and The Eyes of the World]. It gathers into its four hundred and sixty pages all the elements ...of the quack-novel. It is,” Wister says, “stale, distorted, a sham, a puddle of words,” and “a mess of mildewed pap.” It was also number one on the Publisher's Weekly bestseller list for 1914.
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In this atrophic state a kind of dust gathers on the stalks and leaves, which increases with the disease, till the plant is in a great measure worn out and exhausted. The only remedy in this case, and it is one that cannot easily be administered by the hand of man, is a plentiful supply of moisture, by which, if it is received before consumption is too far advanced, the crop is benefited in a degree proportional to the extent of nourishment received, and the stage at which the disease has arrived. Some people have recommended using blighted and mildewed wheat for seed. This, however may be hazardous.
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Silversides, as seen in a Michigan winter in Muskegon, 26 January 2008 Silversides became a part of the Combined Great Lakes Navy Association in Chicago, Illinois, behind Chicago's Naval Armory on 24 May 1973. For years, the submarine was tended by a small crew of dedicated volunteers, drawn to her illustrious history and technical marvels. They donated tens of thousands of man-hours to restore her, maintained her at their own expense, and served as docents and chaperones. When association volunteers first stepped on board, they faced a musty, mildewed sub with paint peeling off in sheets inside and out, and junk scattered everywhere.
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It was home to one of the first Virgin Megastores and housed the largest Laser Quest arena in Europe. The centre was a well-known example of 1960s architecture, and in the 1980s it was voted the 3rd ugliest building in the UK. In 2001, BBC Radio 4 listeners voted it the most hated building in the UK, and Charles, Prince of Wales described it as "a mildewed lump of elephant droppings", although it was much admired by others, who saw it as an irreplaceable example of Brutalist architecture. Demolition of the Tricorn began on 24 March 2004 and lasted approximately nine months. , the site is a ground level car park for the city centre.
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He had to cook on an open air fire, and as the building stood near swampy ground and leaked badly in wet weather his books were spoilt and bedclothing mildewed. These problems were alleviated with the completion of the teacher's residence in January 1879, which consisted of an L-shaped plan with a kitchen and small verandah at the rear and three main rooms with a verandah at the front. This was later enlarged with the addition of a room at the rear, forming a U-shaped plan with a verandah between, in 1908. In September 1936 electricity was connected, and in May 1940 a ceiling was installed in the living room of the teacher's residence.
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Other works Betham published in magazines anonymously, while also giving public Shakespeare readings in London. Her best-received poem was Lay of Marie (1816), based upon the story of Marie de France, the medieval poet, written in couplets, included a scholarly appendix, as recommended by Southey, who said she was "likely to be the best poetess of her age." However, Betham gave up her literary career and returned to the country after a series of aggravations, a breakdown of health, misfortunes, and family circumstances. For instance, advertisements to promote her book spelled her heroine's name Mario and misspelled her name, many printed books had become mildewed, and she was in financial distress as the result of the advertising and publication costs.
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Stefano Rotondo, in Thayer's Guide to Roman Churches > damp, mildewed vault of an old church in the outskirts of Rome, ... by > reason of the hideous paintings with which its walls are covered. These > represent the martyrdoms of saints and early Christians; and such a panorama > of horror and butchery no man could imagine in his sleep, though he were to > eat a whole pig raw, for supper. Grey-bearded men being boiled, fried, > grilled, crimped, singed, eaten by wild beasts, worried by dogs, buried > alive, torn asunder by horses, chopped up small with hatchets: women having > their breasts torn with iron pinchers, their tongues cut out, their ears > screwed off, their jaws broken, their bodies stretched upon the rack, or > skinned upon the stake, or crackled up and melted in the fire: these are > among the mildest subjects. Circignani's last documented painting, in Cascia, is from 1596.
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The Double Sixth Festival () is a Chinese traditional festival, the annual festival takes place on the sixth day of the sixth month of the Chinese calendar. The festival has different names among different areas in China and varies in practices within Chinese ethnic groups. The most recognized official name is Tiankuang Festival (天贶节) announced by Emperor Zhenzong of the Song dynasty, meaning the gift or reward from heaven. The most well-known custom is to bring all outfits, and books out and put them under the sunlight, people believe that doing this would not only prevent things becoming mildewed or damaged by worms but also brings fortune to themselves. The old saying from the Ming dynasty in China classifies this behavior observed in different social classes: “At June 6, scholars will dry their books in sun, women will dry their clothes in sun and farmers will pray for their harvest.” The festival is gradually losing its significance in China because of the changes in social structure and reasons like farming technology improvement.
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When my > convivial host discovered that he had told me so much, and that I was prone > to doubtfulness, his foolish pride assumed the task the old vintage had > commenced, and so he unearthed written evidence in the form of musty > manuscript, and dry official records of the British Colonial Office to > support many of the salient features of his remarkable narrative. I do not > say the story is true, for I did not witness the happenings which it > portrays, but the fact that in the telling of it to you I have taken > fictitious names for the principal characters quite sufficiently evidences > the sincerity of my own belief that it MAY be true. The yellow, mildewed > pages of the diary of a man long dead, and the records of the Colonial > Office dovetail perfectly with the narrative of my convivial host, and so I > give you the story as I painstakingly pieced it out from these several > various agencies. If you do not find it credible you will at least be as one > with me in acknowledging that it is unique, remarkable, and interesting.
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