John Travolta

When my mother died, it sort of put a damper on things. My career didn't have the same significance or excitement. It had always been about doing well for my family - my brothers, sisters, father, mother. Then something interesting and important happened - I started doing things for me.

American Actor

John McAfee

Hillary Clinton was asked if she wiped the disc she was using for her email; she said, 'Do you mean with a damp cloth?' This, to me, is frightening.

American Businessman

William Hazlitt

We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.

English Critic

Charles Oakley

Every superstar in this league, if you don't go through adversity, if you try to duck and dodge it, it's gonna damper your team.

American Athlete

Georgia May Jagger

I do have bad hair days. If I fall asleep with it slightly damp, I wake up and it'll all be piled up on top in a mess.

English Model

Monty Don

Apples hate strong wind and damp, cold soil so try and place them on well-drained, rich soil in a sheltered position.

English Celebrity

Adriana Lima

Modeling is a tough job, your co-workers are your rivals, it really puts a damper on your perspective of other girls.

Brazilian Model

Du Fu

My heart is in a world of water and crystal, My clothes are damp in this time of spring rains.

Chinese Poet

Jeongyeon

I never use a towel to dry off my face. Instead, I put on toner when my skin is still damp.

South Korean Musician

John Donne

Despair is the damp of hell, as joy is the serenity of heaven.

British Poet

Often carries a slightly negative feeling, suggesting discomfort or undesirability.

Negative Connotation

Commonly used to describe weather that's wet and could make one feel cold.

Weather Descriptions

Often relates to touch, describing objects that are unpleasantly wet.

Physical Sensation

Refers to unwanted moisture in buildings, can cause damage or health issues.

Home Concerns

When related to buildings, 'damp' often refers to ground moisture rising up walls.

Rising Moisture

To dampen something means to make it only lightly wet, not soaked.

Subtle Wetness

Can also refer to lessening the intensity of feelings or enthusiasm.

Emotional Effect

Used metaphorically to indicate that something has lessened the mood or enjoyment.

Mood Impact

Can describe reducing the strength of a force or effect, not just emotions.

Intensity Reduction

 Good protein, good snack, this is. BEAR As a general rule, raw grubs are edible. They have more protein, pound for pound, than beef. And they are plentiful in dark, damp places all over the world. But it's critical that they're purged before consumption, in case they've eaten something poisonous to humans.

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 In fact, most of the time desert locusts are no more dangerous than garden-variety grasshoppers. So what does it take to turn these harmless insects into a crop-consuming plague? Desert locust eggs are laid in the damp depths of desert soil,

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 Beautiful! So they're not actually super rare, but because they only tend to live in dark, damp locations, We don't really see them very often. So places like caves. Hence, the name, also sewers. and apparently crypts.

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 and they'll vow that nothing -- not abject poverty, not life-threatening illness, not complete and utter misery -- will ever put the tiniest damper on their eternal love and devotion.

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 spontaneously vanishes, or damps out, as if by some mysterious friction force. This paradoxical effect, called the Landau damping, is one of the most important in plasma physics,

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 the wolves to be out of there the character of the forest changes as you descend becoming ever darker and damper favoring different kinds of animals and plants

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 slug eggs can lay dormant for months or even years if conditions are not right but here the wall and the damp soil keeps them moist and protected in only

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 the character of the forest changes as additionally becoming ever darker and damper favoring different kinds of animals and plants less than 2% of the

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 i pile branches and damp leaves until the moonlight fills the cup of my nest my eyes fall to a close on the sand of peaceful off an unfamiliar racket

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 The character of the forest changes as you descend, becoming ever darker and damper, favouring different kinds of animals and plants.

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