dingier; dingiest
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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
Recent Examples on the Web
The past and potentially future leader of the free world spent most of it in a dingy Manhattan courtroom, no longer the master of his domain.
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Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Apr. 2024
Not the dingy kind of dim, rather the cozy kind that invites you to sit down and stay a while.
—Philip Freeman, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2024
The audience is another asset, per Redmayne, who has traded the Emcee’s madcap wardrobe—a dingy tank top and leather shorts; a crazy clown costume; a terrifyingly severe three-piece suit—for an off-the-shoulder top and black trousers.
—Marley Marius, Vogue, 17 Apr. 2024
On the morning of Feb. 15, Bragg was back in the dingy courtroom where Trump was first arraigned.
—Michael Rothfeld Emily Woo Zeller Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
Soap scum can accumulate in your bathtub, your shower curtain, your sink, and your clothes, leaving them feeling stiff or looking slightly dingy.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 2 Apr. 2024
The Rutz is like any great pub in Belfast, or anywhere in Ireland for that matter: Kinda dingy, people stumbling out of the bathrooms, wiping powder off their faces, traditional Irish music playing loud on the speakers.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2024
But like his Big Tech brethren, Galperin spun gold from the dingiest of spaces.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 1 Feb. 2024
Lou and Jackie’s New Mexico existence may be dingy and cruel, but Glass sprinkles surrealist touches throughout, giving the entire film a fantastical, almost fairytale-like quality.
—Devan Coggan, EW.com, 21 Jan. 2024
Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Apr. 2024
Not the dingy kind of dim, rather the cozy kind that invites you to sit down and stay a while.
—Philip Freeman, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2024
The audience is another asset, per Redmayne, who has traded the Emcee’s madcap wardrobe—a dingy tank top and leather shorts; a crazy clown costume; a terrifyingly severe three-piece suit—for an off-the-shoulder top and black trousers.
—Marley Marius, Vogue, 17 Apr. 2024
On the morning of Feb. 15, Bragg was back in the dingy courtroom where Trump was first arraigned.
—Michael Rothfeld Emily Woo Zeller Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
Soap scum can accumulate in your bathtub, your shower curtain, your sink, and your clothes, leaving them feeling stiff or looking slightly dingy.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 2 Apr. 2024
The Rutz is like any great pub in Belfast, or anywhere in Ireland for that matter: Kinda dingy, people stumbling out of the bathrooms, wiping powder off their faces, traditional Irish music playing loud on the speakers.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2024
But like his Big Tech brethren, Galperin spun gold from the dingiest of spaces.
—Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 1 Feb. 2024
Lou and Jackie’s New Mexico existence may be dingy and cruel, but Glass sprinkles surrealist touches throughout, giving the entire film a fantastical, almost fairytale-like quality.
—Devan Coggan, EW.com, 21 Jan. 2024
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“Dingy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dingy. Accessed 29 Apr. 2024.
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