Get to know Fusty better with 8 real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like musty or unprogressive.
Fusty in a sentence
Fusty meaning
- Moldy or musty.
- Stale-smelling or stuffy.
- Old-fashioned, refusing to change or update.
Synonyms of Fusty
Using Fusty
- The main meaning on this page is: Moldy or musty. | Stale-smelling or stuffy. | Old-fashioned, refusing to change or update.
- Useful related words include: musty, nonprogressive, unprogressive, standpat.
Context around Fusty
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 6 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Fusty
- In this selection, "fusty" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, bonks, rancid, stewart, drawing, old and ejecta stand out and add context to how "fusty" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include entrance bonks fusty old coach and in her fusty drawing room. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "fusty" sits close to words such as aadi, aayush and abbottabad, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with fusty
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Risk and compliance is typically a fusty, boring and frankly unsexy topic. (12 words)
I like the way Mr. Wonderfull's entrance bonks fusty old "Coach" in the head with his boring exercise equipment. (20 words)
Extra Virgin olive oil has strict requirements and is checked for "sensory defects" that include: rancid, fusty, musty, winey (vinegary) and muddy sediment. (23 words)
His children from his second marriage were better known by their family nicknames than their birth names: Gus (real name Stewart), Fusty (real name Marylla), Suki (real name Serena) and Peski (real name Richard). (34 words)
Baranski’s Agnes is no longer imprisoned in her fusty drawing room for five straight episodes—she goes outside in the season premiere, practically tying her first-season tally in just one episode. (33 words)
And from the foetid depths of this fusty ejecta – sourced in the 1990s during an outbreak of winter dysentery – the Ohio study sequenced none other than the full-length genome of a coronavirus. (33 words)
Example sentences (8)
A compelling example of Black excellence dating back even before the French Revolution, the English-language “Chevalier” doesn’t feel nearly as fusty as its powdered wigs and period setting might suggest.
Baranski’s Agnes is no longer imprisoned in her fusty drawing room for five straight episodes—she goes outside in the season premiere, practically tying her first-season tally in just one episode.
I like the way Mr. Wonderfull's entrance bonks fusty old "Coach" in the head with his boring exercise equipment.
And from the foetid depths of this fusty ejecta – sourced in the 1990s during an outbreak of winter dysentery – the Ohio study sequenced none other than the full-length genome of a coronavirus.
That’s not the fusty language of a Viennese psychoanalyst but a Selk’nam quiver maker from a nomadic tribe in 14th-century Patagonia.
Risk and compliance is typically a fusty, boring and frankly unsexy topic.
Extra Virgin olive oil has strict requirements and is checked for "sensory defects" that include: rancid, fusty, musty, winey (vinegary) and muddy sediment.
His children from his second marriage were better known by their family nicknames than their birth names: Gus (real name Stewart), Fusty (real name Marylla), Suki (real name Serena) and Peski (real name Richard).