dingier; dingiest
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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Outdated and hopelessly dingy tile is impossible to ignore, but so is the price of installing new tile.
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Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 4 Feb. 2026
This is a different shade of minimalism for Marci, harkening to the gutter ’90s-era beatmaking represented by the dingy floppy disk on the album cover.
—Dylan Green, Pitchfork, 28 Jan. 2026
The iron in it will turn white cars a dingy yellow over time.
—Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
For most other people, winter just grinds on, with dingy snowdrifts melting into puddles that will freeze into ice slicks.
—Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2026
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Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 4 Feb. 2026
This is a different shade of minimalism for Marci, harkening to the gutter ’90s-era beatmaking represented by the dingy floppy disk on the album cover.
—Dylan Green, Pitchfork, 28 Jan. 2026
The iron in it will turn white cars a dingy yellow over time.
—Ian Frazier, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
For most other people, winter just grinds on, with dingy snowdrifts melting into puddles that will freeze into ice slicks.
—Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 17 Jan. 2026
See All Example Sentences for dingy
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“Dingy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dingy. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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