smoggier; smoggiest
: characterized by or abounding in smog
a smoggy haze
smoggy freeways
Examples of smoggy in a Sentence
it was hard to see through the smoggy afternoon sky
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The day’s clear blue sky, in a city that tends to be smoggy, seemed especially a good omen for commerce.
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Anindo Sen, ARTnews.com, 7 Feb. 2025
The district has issued 10 of those in 2024, and the thickness of the high pressure created at least a chance that Wednesday may be smoggy, too.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2024
In the images, my retinas were smoggy yellow orbs, threaded with red veins like the spindly branches of dead trees.
—Katie Gutierrez, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
Replacing gas-guzzlers with electric cars may also alleviate smoggy skies over Los Angeles and other urban centers, state leaders hope.
—Dino Grandoni and Evan Halper, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Aug. 2022
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Anindo Sen, ARTnews.com, 7 Feb. 2025
The district has issued 10 of those in 2024, and the thickness of the high pressure created at least a chance that Wednesday may be smoggy, too.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2024
In the images, my retinas were smoggy yellow orbs, threaded with red veins like the spindly branches of dead trees.
—Katie Gutierrez, TIME, 19 Sep. 2024
Replacing gas-guzzlers with electric cars may also alleviate smoggy skies over Los Angeles and other urban centers, state leaders hope.
—Dino Grandoni and Evan Halper, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Aug. 2022
See All Example Sentences for smoggy
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“Smoggy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smoggy. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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