dank definition | what is dank-meaning | define dank in a sentence

I lifted the heavy head, put the long dank hair aside, and turned the face.

(source: Charles Dickens in 'Bleak House')

But seared deepest of all in Bassett's brain, was the dank and noisome jungle.

(source: Jack London in 'The Red One')

A landlord charges them 4,000 rupees a month (about $66) to live in a dark, dank, ramshackle building that lacks most of even the basic facilities.

(source: Voice of America)

He is allowed to wander the two concrete window-less rooms and the dank hallway.

(source: Voice of America)

As Ritter explored the basement, a sagging bookcase caught his eye. When he and Rebecca Maitland, works for the building's owner, moved it aside, they found a doorway leading to a room that no one had set foot in for years. It was dank and dark.

(source: Voice of America)