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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My final way station was called Argan House, a guesthouse surrounded by wild argan trees on a mountainside with distant views of smoggy Agadir and the milky maritime sky beyond.
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Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
Commuters make their way past India Gate amid smoggy conditions in New Delhi, India, on October 29, 2025.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2026
Women waiting to board a bus amid smoggy conditions in New Delhi on Saturday.
—Reuters, NBC news, 11 Nov. 2025
The day’s clear blue sky, in a city that tends to be smoggy, seemed especially a good omen for commerce.
—Anindo Sen, ARTnews.com, 7 Feb. 2025
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Kevin West, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
Commuters make their way past India Gate amid smoggy conditions in New Delhi, India, on October 29, 2025.
—Sam Meredith, CNBC, 24 Feb. 2026
Women waiting to board a bus amid smoggy conditions in New Delhi on Saturday.
—Reuters, NBC news, 11 Nov. 2025
The day’s clear blue sky, in a city that tends to be smoggy, seemed especially a good omen for commerce.
—Anindo Sen, ARTnews.com, 7 Feb. 2025
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 17 Mar. 2026.
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