Collocations for "damper"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "damper" in context.
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damp
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- expecting damp weather
- this weather is too damp
- is damp (and cold) out today
- is a damp [summer, day]
- my [clothes, hair, towel] is still damp
- my [clothes] (still) feel damp
- the [ground, road] is damp with [rain, dew]
- damp with [sweat, tears, perspiration]
- damp from sweating
- [was, felt] damp and sweaty
- was damp and [dismal, smelly, depressing]
- cold and damp
- a damp patch (on the wall)
- put a damp cloth on your [forehead, head]
- [wash, wipe, clean] with a damp cloth
- [store, keep, put] (it) in a cool damp place
- damp [road, weather] conditions
- get it damp [first, before]
- the [wall, room, garage] is damp from
- has become damp from (the rain)
- [slightly, very, uncomfortably] damp
- UK: the [plan, proposal] has turned into a damp squib
- [cold, rising, accumulated] damp
- thrives in the damp
- come in from the damp
- get out of the damp
- [in, against] the cold and damp (of)
- the damp went through my [jacket, clothes]
- the damp of the [morning, frost]
- dated: cast a damp on their [joy, victory, celebrations]
- damp [a string, an instrument, the sound]
- UK: damped his [enjoyment, enthusiasm, progress]
- UK: the [loss, rejection, weather] didn't damp his [enjoyment]
- damp down your [feelings, emotions]
- damp down [flames, a furnace, a bonfire]
- damp out [vibrations, oscillations]