crud

Example Sentences

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Here again, the fire offered an opportunity to rediscover the glories that lay beneath decades of crud and soot.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2024

Griswold was less inclined to blame cars and drivers than car manufacturers, who had the technology, he said, to control tailpipe crud, and there were patent records from 1909 to prove it.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 1, 2023

“I suspect the internet is going to be filled with crud just all over the place,” Chris Albon told me.

From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2023

Then, follow it up with about a cup of white vinegar — the combination will fizz up, breaking down any lingering crud.

From Salon • Apr. 22, 2022

Don’t take no time fore sweat’s running down my nose and ever time I scratch at it, I get a plug a crud on my face.

From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett