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Example sentences from the Web for mothballsWe rented the house, put our belongings in mothballs, and left on February 20. Life After AIPAC's False Dichotomies|Angela Zimmann|September 4, 2013|DAILY BEAST He smelled faintly of mothballs and looked very respectable. Sugar Plum|Reginald Bretnor The house was over-warm, and there was a musty smell of over-aged furniture, old leather, and the pungence of mothballs. The Fourth R|George Oliver Smith No more, no more will robins nest within their lilac shade, for they are folded now and pressed, and with the mothballs laid. Uncle Walt [Walt Mason]|Walt Mason
Words nearby mothballsmotel, mote spoon, motet, moth, mothball, mothballs, moth bean, moth-eaten, mother, motherboard, Mother Carey's chicken The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Words related to mothballsperpetuate, protect, save, secure, uphold, defend, freeze, keep, sustain, retain, safeguard, conserve, store, suspend, waive, prolong, put off, give up, hoard, hide |