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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Letts’s play is a sordid, spiky creature, a two-hour descent into a pit of paranoia within the dingy walls of an Oklahoma motel room.
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
For larger stains or an overall dingy pillowcase, soak it in an oxygen bleach mixture before washing.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 7 Jan. 2026
Whites can look creamy to the point of feeling dingy and cooler shades like gray or blue can appear muted or slightly green, almost like viewing your living room through sunglasses.
—Marisa Suzanne Martin, The Spruce, 6 Jan. 2026
From dingy midtown basements and old tenement buildings in New York, to Wembley Stadium, on tour with the Harlem Globetrotters, and all the way to Japan and back, table tennis takes Marty around the world.
—Alexandra Jhamb Burns, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Jan. 2026
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 9 Jan. 2026
For larger stains or an overall dingy pillowcase, soak it in an oxygen bleach mixture before washing.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 7 Jan. 2026
Whites can look creamy to the point of feeling dingy and cooler shades like gray or blue can appear muted or slightly green, almost like viewing your living room through sunglasses.
—Marisa Suzanne Martin, The Spruce, 6 Jan. 2026
From dingy midtown basements and old tenement buildings in New York, to Wembley Stadium, on tour with the Harlem Globetrotters, and all the way to Japan and back, table tennis takes Marty around the world.
—Alexandra Jhamb Burns, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 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 11 Jan. 2026.
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