grainy
Example Sentences
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"Instead of seeing just a simple flash of light, we're now uncovering the true complexity of how these explosions unfold. It's like going from a grainy black-and-white photo to high-definition video."
From Science Daily
The incident was captured in grainy detail on a security camera from a nearby medical clinic.
From Los Angeles Times
The album was “Transference,” its cover a grainy seventies tableau — a boy slinking low in a golden wingback chair, viridian curtains pooling behind him, a table lamp casting an almost aggressively orange glow.
From Salon
It’s a study in negative space, each individual form offering a grainy aperture that holds our interest due to the minor similarities to and differences from the ones surrounding it.
The grainy 12-second clip was part of the case file because it was sent in 2021 to the Federal Bureau of Investigation by an individual who asked investigators whether it was real.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
