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Recent Examples of dingy The new crime comedy Caught Stealing unfolds in the year 1998, traveling across a distinctly grungy New York City—all dingy subway platforms and drab Chinatown apartments. David Sims, The Atlantic, 29 Aug. 2025 Muralist Kian Dubay, of Pittsburgh, traveling with fellow artist Phil Seth, beautified a dingy basketball goal north of the Valparaiso Creates Center on Indiana Avenue. Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2025 Some of the settings are extremely well chosen and designed, particularly the tawdry Taco Hut law offices (in contrast to the chic modernity of the Tinsley Britt workplace) and a dingy seaside diner where people keep having meetings. Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 14 Aug. 2025 Introduced by a gushing-if-somewhat-off-kilter Megan Statler, the alt-rock singer-songwriter began his performance singing inside a photo booth, before coming out to what looked a dingy New York rock club backing. Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019 See All Example Sentences for dingy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dingy
Adjective
  • Trying to expose the trafficking, abuse, and the filthy networks that protect the wealthy and powerful puts you in danger.
    Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Unitree claims that the G1 is made to handle difficult, filthy, and repetitive jobs in a variety of settings, including at homes, factories, and hospitals.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • On top of the traditional orange and dusty red decor, consider adding violet and navy to the mix this fall.
    Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Baseboards And Molding Baseboards and molding get incredibly dusty from years of neglect.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Wood stained baseboards may need a gentler cleaning approach, such as Murphy’s Oil Soap, to protect the finish.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Most of the restaurant's decor is bright Coca Cola red, from stained glass lamps to old-school pinup posters, all with the Coca Cola logo.
    Endia Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The land, unfenced, abuts a bald blackened hillside that must be public land.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
  • In its time open, fueled by fans of its blackened mahi and buttery lobster rolls, owner Mike Smith has expanded his footprint, moving into a larger stall in the popular food hall — which has allowed for a menu expansion, as well.
    Amy Drew Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 6 Dec. 2022
Adjective
  • Social media videos from Globe show cars being carried off by fast-moving, muddy floodwaters, some crashing into poles while large propane tanks are seen strewn across the area.
    Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Whether through canny critique or open wist, shows about making out-of-fashion things can offer us space to predict, resist, and elegize our way through a dark and muddy cultural moment.
    Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • For both areas, Painter hit the transfer portal and landed a dirty-work center in Cluff.
    CJ Moore, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Far from a knightly war, the German advance in 1941-1942 against France was a dirty one, with thieving of private property and menace against civilians.
    Christopher C. Gorham September 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Kevin O’Connell keeps it simple with black coffee or a straight espresso.
    Dianna Russini, New York Times, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The episode cuts to black before it is revealed who or what is Paddy's target, but in real life, Arthur lived for decades longer, dying in 1915, per TIME.
    Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2025

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“Dingy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dingy. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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