trashy

Example Sentences

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“Of course I’m not the Hollywood girl. I’m like the trashy Missouri bar girl,” Slayyyter said.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

A disco ball, aka “myriad reflector,” can turn any trashy hellhole into a party space, especially if you don’t look too closely.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 17, 2026

The song that'll take them over the top is a trashy pop earworm called Internet Girl.

From BBC • Dec. 29, 2025

It’s trashy noir yet elevated and totally dead-eyed — as if Flannery O’Connor took a crack at writing a James M. Cain story.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

Baz was smart and trying to be funny to cheer us up and said we shouldn’t worry and found some trashy paperbacks for us to read while we were hanging around all day.

From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff