How to Use grungy in a Sentence

grungy

adjective

• After working in the garden all day, I felt sweaty and grungy.
• As the 2000s set in, the artist’s style took on a more grungy approach.
  — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 27 June 2025
• Come for the grungy Biloxi setting; stay for the stun grenade.
  — Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2017
• None of that bothered me as much as how grungy the place was.
  — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 17 May 2018
• None of that bothered me as much as how grungy the place was.
  — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 17 May 2018
• For the show, the form-fitting dress with a grungy touch checked all of her boxes.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2025
• For the show, the form-fitting dress with a grungy touch checked all of her boxes.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2025
• Throw it back this Halloween with a nod to grungy '80s hair bands.
  — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 3 Aug. 2022
• Throw it back this Halloween with a nod to grungy '80s hair bands.
  — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 30 July 2023
• The days of the grungy pain cave or the unfinished basement with a dusty weight bench are over.
  — Laurel J. Benedum, ELLE Decor, 25 Sep. 2020
• No, not grungy, but just bass-heavy and 808, and drums and just mad, hard percussions.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
• The 11 host cities, many still grungy not long ago, are resplendent.
  — Angela Charlton, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 June 2018
• The 11 host cities, many still grungy not long ago, are resplendent.
  — Fox News, 20 June 2018
• The 11 host cities, many still grungy not long ago, are resplendent.
  — Fox News, 20 June 2018
• The 11 host cities, many still grungy not long ago, are resplendent.
  — Angela Charlton, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 June 2018
• Her take on the grungy track first appeared in the second season’s fourth episode.
  — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2023
• And the final shade, Espresso, is a sheer dark brown that's grungy and cozy in equal measure.
  — Elle Turner, Glamour, 31 Oct. 2023
• Speck expects to see these grungy punk rock bangs make a comeback in 2023.
  — Loren Savini, Allure, 2 Feb. 2023
• Name a doomed damsel, and a swath of grungy blue is sure to be plastered somewhere nearby.
  — Emily Leibert, Allure, 25 Jan. 2024
• The setting may be grungy, but the takeaway is clear: Sivan’s style can brighten up any room.
  — Rachel Hahn, Vogue, 20 July 2018
• Pair it with a short sleeve shirt, worn open, for a grunge-inspired look that is anything but grungy.
  — Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 23 June 2023
• The roll call of films ranges from the highbrow to the decidedly grungy, the menu of a true movie fanatic.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
• Yves Saint Laurent Touche Éclat gets out all your grim, grungy bits, like the bags under your eyes.
  — Daniel Jackson, Allure, 12 Dec. 2017
• Parts of the West Wing can feel grungy and old, and look as if they have been repainted far too often.
  — Vanityfair.com, VanityFair.com, 14 Apr. 2017
• Dirty floors, grungy shoe insoles, and bad laundry habits led sock manufacturers to create a whole new line of white socks with grey bottoms.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 13 Jan. 2026
• The rest of her glam was pretty signature—grungy smoky eyes and a glossed nude lip, with a nude manicure to let her engagement ring take center stage.
  — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 4 Jan. 2026
• Probably some kind of grungy T-shirt and jeans.
  — Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
• The grungy wash was also applied to baggy cargo jeans, a moto jacket and more.
  — Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 7 Oct. 2025
• Fallon wondered of the gritty, grungy album.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2025
• The holes have cotton whiskers that add to the grungy look.
  — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025