dirtying

Example Sentences

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It’s a plan that risks pleasing no one, while also dirtying the company’s valuation.

From Reuters • Feb. 15, 2023

Next, the dough gets slathered with a honey butter you can make in the microwave if you don’t feel like dirtying a saucepan.

From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2023

“Not that there has not been any efforts, there have been several cleaning campaigns, but there are more people dirtying it. People are the problem.”

From Seattle Times • Aug. 16, 2022

“But he said arguments spoil its beauty, and that he would feel as if he was dirtying a flower with muddy hands.”

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2022

I thought of the blood, I think, dirtying the mattress.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison