For example, a damp atmosphere could damage documents and foodstuffs.
It was this man who kept alive what little conversation managed to survive the tent's stiff, damp and airless atmosphere.
Cardboard does that, especially in a damp atmosphere like they have up there.
The damp and heated atmosphere filled the narrow passage with a slight luminous mist.
While nobody was looking, the damp atmosphere inside the yacht eroded the markings until they finally vanished.
So was all ironware on Kforri, where the damp, oxygen-rich atmosphere would otherwise soon rust it away to nothing.
Peter shivered; it was the raw damp atmosphere, of course.
An acrid aroma of some exotic incense filled the damp, oppressive atmosphere.
In the dark, damp atmosphere, they go into dormancy for four months or so.
The objects are stored in an underground room where they dry slowly in a damp atmosphere for six or seven days.