dingier; dingiest
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Examples of dingy in a Sentence
He's been staying in a dingy motel.
the bed sheets were pretty dingy so we threw them in the laundry pile
Recent Examples on the Web
On the morning of Feb. 15, Bragg was back in the dingy courtroom where Trump was first arraigned.
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Michael Rothfeld Emily Woo Zeller Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
Soap scum can accumulate in your bathtub, your shower curtain, your sink, and your clothes, leaving them feeling stiff or looking slightly dingy.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 2 Apr. 2024
The Rutz is like any great pub in Belfast, or anywhere in Ireland for that matter: Kinda dingy, people stumbling out of the bathrooms, wiping powder off their faces, traditional Irish music playing loud on the speakers.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2024
But like his Big Tech brethren, Galperin spun gold from the dingiest of spaces.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 1 Feb. 2024
Lou and Jackie’s New Mexico existence may be dingy and cruel, but Glass sprinkles surrealist touches throughout, giving the entire film a fantastical, almost fairytale-like quality.
—Devan Coggan, EW.com, 21 Jan. 2024
Now, with his new movie, Drive-Away Dolls, Ethan has made a gonzo comedy about dopes with guns chasing cheerful fools around dingy American motels in pursuit of a meaningless bag of loot.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2024
Golding remembers sometimes spending 40 hours at a time in his dingy 8x10-foot cell with holes in the concrete walls and no access to a shower.
—Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2024
Until recently, this vibrant kitchen in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, was dingy, dull and stripped of original details—the victim of a hit-and-run renovation that removed every bit of character from the circa-1900 row house, says architect-designer Sarah Jacoby.
—Elizabeth Sweet, WSJ, 22 Nov. 2023
Michael Rothfeld Emily Woo Zeller Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
Soap scum can accumulate in your bathtub, your shower curtain, your sink, and your clothes, leaving them feeling stiff or looking slightly dingy.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 2 Apr. 2024
The Rutz is like any great pub in Belfast, or anywhere in Ireland for that matter: Kinda dingy, people stumbling out of the bathrooms, wiping powder off their faces, traditional Irish music playing loud on the speakers.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2024
But like his Big Tech brethren, Galperin spun gold from the dingiest of spaces.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 1 Feb. 2024
Lou and Jackie’s New Mexico existence may be dingy and cruel, but Glass sprinkles surrealist touches throughout, giving the entire film a fantastical, almost fairytale-like quality.
—Devan Coggan, EW.com, 21 Jan. 2024
Now, with his new movie, Drive-Away Dolls, Ethan has made a gonzo comedy about dopes with guns chasing cheerful fools around dingy American motels in pursuit of a meaningless bag of loot.
—David Sims, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2024
Golding remembers sometimes spending 40 hours at a time in his dingy 8x10-foot cell with holes in the concrete walls and no access to a shower.
—Andrea Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2024
Until recently, this vibrant kitchen in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, was dingy, dull and stripped of original details—the victim of a hit-and-run renovation that removed every bit of character from the circa-1900 row house, says architect-designer Sarah Jacoby.
—Elizabeth Sweet, WSJ, 22 Nov. 2023
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“Dingy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dingy. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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