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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And yet, the artists are still here, and their music survives, cropping up in dingy basements and bar back rooms.
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Taran Dugal, New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2026
The piece follows Liliom, a hopelessly romantic carny whose passion gets the better of him in a dingy amusement park at the height of America’s Great Depression.
—Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
When Bill’s older brother Henry (Barry Ward) finds the pianist in numbed solitude in his dingy apartment, Bill has canceled all his upcoming gigs, saying Scotty cannot be replaced.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
Finding one that marries style and functionality can quickly take the space from dingy to spa-like.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 9 Feb. 2026
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Taran Dugal, New Yorker, 4 Mar. 2026
The piece follows Liliom, a hopelessly romantic carny whose passion gets the better of him in a dingy amusement park at the height of America’s Great Depression.
—Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
When Bill’s older brother Henry (Barry Ward) finds the pianist in numbed solitude in his dingy apartment, Bill has canceled all his upcoming gigs, saying Scotty cannot be replaced.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 13 Feb. 2026
Finding one that marries style and functionality can quickly take the space from dingy to spa-like.
—Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 9 Feb. 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 13 Mar. 2026.
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