dishwater
Example Sentences
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Even then, though, I won’t like James Whitaker’s cinematography, which goes for a deliberate ugliness but just looks dishwater drab.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026
With its slow pacing, shaky handheld cameras, dishwater cinematography and unnervingly extreme closeups, it feels more like an intense indie drama than a whimsical tale of a robber with a peculiar M.O.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
Poultry feathers littered the filthy floor, which was also dripping with animal blood and dirty dishwater.
From Salon • Jul. 19, 2023
From their desks, nearly 30 stories off the ground, they watched as the sky transformed from hazy, slate blue in the morning to dirty, dishwater gray at noon.
From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2023
It had grown longer over the winter and was the color of dirty dishwater.
From "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett
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