grainy

Example Sentences

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Even through grainy, reclaimed footage, their 1970 canary-yellow shirts look vibrant and striking, fitting for the world-beating players donning them in the Mexican sunshine.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

Benjamin’s “Storm Clouds” cantata would play in Technicolor, not grainy black and white, in a more complex montage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

This is the modern American gothic: grainy photos taken on a MacBook of a teenage girl in a camouflage jacket, holding a gun, and posted on Tumblr.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

In the grainy, low-quality frame, Pretti holds an object that in reality was a phone.

From Barron's • Mar. 10, 2026

He died the year before I was born, and we only have a few grainy pictures of him.

From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan