grimy
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When Willy comes back from a quickly aborted road trip, he drives his car into an abandoned commercial garage, with pillars shedding tiles, gray lumps of detritus piled up, grimy windows letting in dim light.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
It was still grimy, but MacArthur Park’s famed beauty was there, a beauty unmatched by newer parks — if only Hernandez and others could burnish it.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2026
I thought of the name of Tom Wolfe’s then-recent final novel, “Back to Blood”: The world is going back to something basic, grimy and tribal.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
How after each day’s end, I’d collapsed into bed fully clothed, grimy and exhausted.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2025
What a grimy place, he observed as he walked across the roof to the elevator.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
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