Strangely enough there was no suggestion of dankness in these shadowy glades, rich with the fulness of early Spring.
"Green Fancy"
George Barr McCutcheon
The sunshine left the floor and the wall, and a dankness from the long grass and the closing flowers and the heavy trees in the adjacent churchyard stole into the room.
"Audrey"
Mary Johnston
There was dankness in the air and the smell of skunk cabbage from a short stretch of swamp and brule directly opposite.
"Every Man for Himself"
Hopkins Moorhouse