grimy

Example Sentences

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So, too, is the film’s music, composer Anthony Willis and soundtrack artist Charlie XCX entwining raspy strings with grimy, ominous shudders.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 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

“They’re a grimy group—and I say that with great respect.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

She took a picture of the grimy hotel room where she stayed, capturing the swirling cursive on the sign for the dialysis center across the street in the background.

From Salon • Nov. 2, 2025

She looked brighter and healthier here than she had when he took them from that grimy hole in San Antonio.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez