: unpleasantly moist or wet
a dank basement
dankly
adverb
dankness
noun
Examples of dank in a Sentence
vegetables tended to go bad quickly in the dank cellar
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Five people could comfortably fit — and there were 43 of us crammed in a dank hole.
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Lea Lane, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
Darkness fell early; a dank gray that dimmed the natural light by 4 p.m. My wife and I huddled together on the couch with our pets.
—Kristen Arnett, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2024
Here’s a great piece from this week: To someone living outside these dank walls, the changes might seem small.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2024
The vibe: Gone are the dank hallways and clanky radiators.
—Felix Salmon, Axios, 9 Sep. 2024
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Lea Lane, Forbes, 20 Oct. 2024
Darkness fell early; a dank gray that dimmed the natural light by 4 p.m. My wife and I huddled together on the couch with our pets.
—Kristen Arnett, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2024
Here’s a great piece from this week: To someone living outside these dank walls, the changes might seem small.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2024
The vibe: Gone are the dank hallways and clanky radiators.
—Felix Salmon, Axios, 9 Sep. 2024
See all Example Sentences for dank
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“Dank.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dank. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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