This gave rise to the later appellations Do-Dank and Chahar Dank, i.e.

A cold shiver went down his spine just thinking about it; a primal fear of dark and dank places.

He had no flashlight, and the fear he'd felt during his first trip into this deep and dank hole was compounded by the absence of being able to see.

The glow from the flashlight barely illuminated the next few feet of inky darkness as the two youngsters crept along the dank passageway.

It was dark, and had a dirt floor for the most part, dank, clammy, and aguish, only here a board and there a board which would not bear removal.