Examples of grunge in a Sentence
Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2024
The album was released at the peak of grunge, when Nirvana, Pearl Jam, and Soundgarden still dominated alternative rock, and fast, irreverent punk pop groups such as the Offspring were ascendant.
—Spin Staff, SPIN, 11 Mar. 2024
Yet Designers agree that grunge coquette, like other styles that combine opposing elements (fairy grunge, dark Americana, and more) showcases the desire people have to unapologetically express themselves through decor.
—Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Mar. 2024
Anna Sui’s approach was a little more whimsical, looking at Agatha Christie and her beloved Miss Marple character (with a side of Virginia Woolf) and merging it with her own ’90s grunge references.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 16 Feb. 2024
The ground floor mainstream Spec’s supersized in 1995 to 8,000-square-feet during music’s post-Nirvana grunge era.
—Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 22 Mar. 2024
Living in the center of the grunge universe, she was drawn to the roster of great music writers (Ann Powers, who later worked at the Los Angeles Times, Touré and Simon Reynolds, among them).
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
Back in the 1990s, the Black Crowes blew up out of Atlanta, playing soulful, swaggering classic rock in an era of alt-rock irony and grunge bellyaching.
—Jon Dolan, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2024
The nonprofit, known for being one of the early supporters of Pearl Jam, Nirvana and other early ’90s Northwest grunge acts, can be found at 92.7 FM on Bay Area radio dials beginning on March 19.
—Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2024
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Word History
back-formation from grungy
1965, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Grunge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grunge. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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