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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The smart robot also senses when the mop is getting dingy and goes back to the station to clean it.
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Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 19 May 2025
The police moved out of their dingy quarters, which were on the east end of the town hall.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 18 May 2025
The rehearsal space for the Metropolitan Opera’s orchestra is three levels below a parking garage, amid a labyrinth of dingy hallways and exposed ceiling pipes.
—Jane Bua, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
As for washing, the white will hold up to about 20 cycles before starting to look a little dingy, but the black holds up fine, and both will hold their shape.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 25 Apr. 2025
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Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 19 May 2025
The police moved out of their dingy quarters, which were on the east end of the town hall.
—Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 18 May 2025
The rehearsal space for the Metropolitan Opera’s orchestra is three levels below a parking garage, amid a labyrinth of dingy hallways and exposed ceiling pipes.
—Jane Bua, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
As for washing, the white will hold up to about 20 cycles before starting to look a little dingy, but the black holds up fine, and both will hold their shape.
—Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 25 Apr. 2025
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 22 May. 2025.
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