grime
Example Sentences
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Every surface is covered in a layer of grime and graffiti, and the air is thick and sticky, like chowder soup.
From Literature
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In addition to grime, gore and disdain for governments, the ragtime gangsters of “Peaky Blinders” provided a minor education.
My heart soared as I scrubbed the grime off my neck and face.
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The tracks were described by Clash magazine as "some of grime's most pertinent instrumental works", setting "a benchmark for production styles" in the genre.
From BBC
Patch was in front of me, his thin clothes caked with grime.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.