grubbiness
Example Sentences
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As Long Island City, which had bizarrely seemed doomed to eternal grubbiness despite its boffo view of the skyline, got MoMA PS1, Silvercup Studios and rents of $4,000 a month.
From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2019
The deep shadows, the mean co-workers, and the general grubbiness of Simon James’ surroundings are all meant to make the corporate world look grimly dystopian.
From The Verge • Dec. 7, 2018
The characters in “Flaked” are experiencing a marginalization-in-progress, exemplified by an everyday grubbiness and a sense of loss and personal failure.
From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2016
Nothing on-screen suggests the foggy, tactile grubbiness of previous bustling, unglamorous, town-based westerns to which "Deadwood" has often been compared.
From Salon • Dec. 12, 2010
I’ve been riding in the back of the car for two days, sleeping in a tent; I’m conscious of my grubbiness, my unbrushed hair.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
