grunginess

Example Sentences

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“I taped those photographs to the wall, not as a gesture of disrespectful grunginess, but as a gesture of purity,” he adds.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

Michael Carnahan’s set, expanding in grunginess on his earlier version, turns grime into a kind of pulp poetry, from the peeling linoleum to the succulents striving to survive in a barely translucent window.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2022

The movie is also Bergmanesque in its geographical specificity, with the brownstones and storefronts of gentrified Brooklyn, its vestigial and picturesque touches of grunginess, coming to life with an ironically hermetic charm.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 25, 2017

Whether mainstream or underground, a scuffed-up, lived-in grunginess has always been a key part of Mr. Ottenberg’s aesthetic.

From New York Times • May 28, 2014

Britt’s grunginess belies a warm matter-of-factness, at least when describing her journey.

From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2013