filthy
Example Sentences
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No matter how filthy a tackle might be, Deschamps instructed his players to bounce back up and carry on in silence.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 9, 2026
Outside the Lineage warehouse Thursday morning, the smell of heavy smoke was already being replaced with that of spoiling food and filthy water.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 25, 2026
Only a few days after the pool was refilled, though, it reverted what it always is: a filthy slime pit that nevertheless does an adequate job of its primary objective: reflecting.
From Slate • Jun. 19, 2026
As Brusuelas puts it: "It's the cleanest shirt in a very filthy laundry."
From BBC • Jun. 14, 2026
The fact that all the Boston police stations were crowded and filthy added to the discontent.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
Vocabulary lists containing filthy
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