How to Use grimy in a Sentence

grimy

adjective

• Despite the rain, her neck is grimy.
  — Molly Aitken, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
• Have a grimy sheet pan that no amount of scrubbing will get clean?
  — Mackenzie Chung Fegan, Bon Appétit, 13 July 2022
• The streets were dirty and grimy, crime ran amok and morale was at an all-time low.
  — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 7 July 2021
• Food crumbs, spills, and rotting food can make your fridge grimy and maybe even smelly.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 16 June 2026
• The undersides of his white sport socks were grimy with dirt.
  — Douglas Stuart, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2020
• So this spring, make a little time to go outside and get grimy.
  — Holly Burns, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2024
• Next, give your bathroom a deep clean by tackling grimy grout.
  — Ryan Conner, Dallas News, 24 Mar. 2023
• The original is dark and grimy, bass-heavy with a wonky beat.
  — Kat Bein, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2017
• And that only scrapes the surface of this grimy rogue’s gallery.
  — Kim Kelly, The New Republic, 28 Apr. 2020
• The streets were dirty and grimy, crime ran rampant and morale was at an all-time low.
  — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2022
• The cover is tattered, ink-stained and grimy around the edges.
  — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2022
• The grimy floors, with trails of dirt closing in around a drain below my feet.
  — Jenna Birch, Health.com, 20 May 2020
• There was a grimy old tub in one room, a dingy, derelict fridge in another.
  — Mark Shanahan, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Oct. 2022
• Dirty, grimy, no cut and scruffy — just ain’t even worried about nothing.
  — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2022
• The woodblock floor was covered in a grimy black goop, and an oily haze hung in the air.
  — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 29 Apr. 2023
• The town was a little more grimy and had much more of its old-world charm still attached.
  — Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, 12 Feb. 2018
• Puddles would capture the hue of neon lights in a grimy alley.
  — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2024
• Scrub the cabinets to remove any grease and grimy buildup.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2026
• Dad worked at the steelworks cleaning out the furnaces, a grimy job.
  — Marc Myers, WSJ, 22 Nov. 2022
• Yet over a half-century, the city’s grimy commerce climbed that hill.
  — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
• While that may be a badge of honor on the mound, that grimy peak may not look as good in the bleachers.
  — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023
• The players, still sweating and grimy, change into their street clothes and head home.
  — Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2019
• Clean gas stovetop grates to prevent grease and build-up that can smell, burn, and look grimy over time.
  — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 12 July 2026
• The other stuff — the glue work, the grimy work — that’s what wins in May and June.
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2025
• Crumbs get stuck in the seams, the linings smell, and the exteriors get gray and grimy.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 9 Aug. 2025
• And in its place was the grimy, six-inch beak of Australia’s most infamous bird.
  — Michael E. Miller, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2024
• Neely's body is seen splayed on the subway floor, sneakers, jeans and grimy, white T-shirt still on.
  — Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 1 Nov. 2024
• Screaming and dancing and managing to be clean, grimy, slick, and rough all at the same time.
  — Fresh U, Teen Vogue, 26 Mar. 2018
• Video of the inside of the home shows filthy floors, grimy walls and huge heaps of belongings inside the rooms.
  — Jessica Schmidt, Cincinnati.com, 21 Sep. 2017
• His yellow Nomex shirt was grimy and ripped across the back of his shoulders, as if he’d been mauled by a tiger.
  — The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2021