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
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Finding a shower curtain that marries together style and functionality can quickly take the space from dingy to spa-like.
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Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 5 Sep. 2024
But prisoners are still locked down for several hours a day in cramped cells — two men sharing dingy 5-by-11 foot quarters crammed with bunk beds, a toilet and a sink — without access to programming or family visits, Milo said.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 29 July 2024
Choosing the wrong one can cause stains to set, fabric to shrink, and colors to fade, while white clothes will look yellow or even dingy.
—Barbara Bellesi Zito, Southern Living, 28 July 2024
Frenchie meets Sameer and, being a whiz at whipping up formulae in dingy labs, pitches a method to neutralize the virus’s contagion factor while maintaining its potency.
—Alex Raiman, EW.com, 11 July 2024
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Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 5 Sep. 2024
But prisoners are still locked down for several hours a day in cramped cells — two men sharing dingy 5-by-11 foot quarters crammed with bunk beds, a toilet and a sink — without access to programming or family visits, Milo said.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 29 July 2024
Choosing the wrong one can cause stains to set, fabric to shrink, and colors to fade, while white clothes will look yellow or even dingy.
—Barbara Bellesi Zito, Southern Living, 28 July 2024
Frenchie meets Sameer and, being a whiz at whipping up formulae in dingy labs, pitches a method to neutralize the virus’s contagion factor while maintaining its potency.
—Alex Raiman, EW.com, 11 July 2024
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“Dingy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dingy. Accessed 20 Sep. 2024.
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