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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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.
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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
Outdated and hopelessly dingy tile is impossible to ignore, but so is the price of installing new tile.
—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
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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
Outdated and hopelessly dingy tile is impossible to ignore, but so is the price of installing new tile.
—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
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 20 Feb. 2026.
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