dirtied
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It was all there: The windswept bangs, the naturalistic lighting highlighting perfect cheekbones, the flowing, unstructured dresses and dirtied booties.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
I had not dirtied anything requiring an overnight soak.
From Salon ● Sep. 20, 2026
“It’s hard for a jury to convict when they feel no empathy for the victim. They dirtied up the victim and made her repugnant to the jury.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
I'm not surprised to see air pollution, it's why we're doing the experiment, but I can't escape a feeling of being dirtied, contaminated… sullied by it.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026
How can a wife keep her husband’s household in order if she has never dirtied her own hands, Huang Taitai used to say as she introduced me to a new task.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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