The classroom air smelled old and stale - the atmosphere of tombs.

It smelled stale and old like a living room that had been closed too long.

He entered the room, which as before smelled stale and rancid.

The house had started to smell old and stale.

The air smelled musty and stale, as if death lingered in the walls of this place.

The air in the capsule already smelled hot and stale.

The place smelled stale and musty, like the mausoleum it was.

Some of the rooms smelled stale and musty, as if nobody had been in them for years.

It smelled musty and stale, as if it had been closed for several days.

Here, where they were building the barracks, there had been a camp; and the place was still smelling stale enough.