grime

Example Sentences

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In addition to grime, gore and disdain for governments, the ragtime gangsters of “Peaky Blinders” provided a minor education.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

Tributes have been paid to grime pioneer Dot Rotten, who has died at the age of 37.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

She and other Alexandrians agree the tramway needs work: inside the hand-calligraphied blue exterior, grime covers every surface.

From Barron's • Feb. 25, 2026

These people have nothing, but they show up at the juke joint and you see the sweat and grit and grime on the clothes next to people who made a nice dress.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2025

So he eased himself into the cool creek, letting the dust and grime from there to here wash away.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool