filthy
Example Sentences
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His fine performance against a physical Sunderland side on a filthy night in the north east demonstrated what he can do and how he can make Liverpool a better side.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
"It was filthy, dirty and it leaked like a sieve for many years," he said in a White House video.
From Barron's • May 15, 2026
Strong supports the closing of Men’s Central Jail and said the department needed to look at medical care, filthy living conditions and a lack of healthy food and clean water.
From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026
On the way to a fancy ball, his gallant attempt to guide his date past a fetid puddle ends with him splashing her “from head to foot with that filthy water.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026
While Juanita held a flashlight over me, I lifted the filthy cobwebbed glass and lit a match.
From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall
Vocabulary lists containing filthy
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