as in filthy
not clean
the bed sheets were pretty dingy so we threw them in the laundry pile
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Recent Examples of dingy
Here, the band went further, using Sphere’s state-of-the-art environs to imagine itself back in a dingy club or student union.
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Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
That dingy look creeping across the screens and settling on every surface?
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
Finally, dingy, discolored, or stringy towels need to get the heave-ho.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 24 Apr. 2026
The best use of baking soda for stain removal is as a whitening agent to brighten dingy white or light-colored clothes or household goods.
—Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Apr. 2026
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Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
That dingy look creeping across the screens and settling on every surface?
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
Finally, dingy, discolored, or stringy towels need to get the heave-ho.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 24 Apr. 2026
The best use of baking soda for stain removal is as a whitening agent to brighten dingy white or light-colored clothes or household goods.
—Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for dingy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dingy
Adjective
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The president had complained about filthy water and a leaking foundation, according to previous USA TODAY reporting.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
3 June 2026
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And some of the best evidence of the lovebugs’ comeback came last week at the Turkey Lake Service Plaza on Florida’s Turnpike, where filthy, splattered cars and trucks queued up before the plaza’s automatic windshield washer.—
Martin E. Comas,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 May 2026
Adjective
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If that bottle hiding in the back of your bar cart is dusty and doesn't taste the same, buy a fresh one.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
29 May 2026
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The shoes also come in a range of standout colorways, including an electric orange-and-blue combo and an off-white-and-dusty-gray pair.—
Annie Blackman,
InStyle,
29 May 2026
Adjective
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The Or Foundation estimates that roughly 15 million castoff garments from Canada, China, the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union enter the market weekly, and about 40 percent leave as waste because they are torn, stained or otherwise too damaged to resell.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
28 May 2026
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The light, filtered through stained glass, shifts the mood from one side of the basilica to the other.—
David Nikel,
Forbes.com,
27 May 2026
Adjective
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The land, unfenced, abuts a bald blackened hillside that must be public land.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Aug. 2025
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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
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To get inside, his team had navigated muddy passageways and underground streams, using cables to guide the way – sometimes with only their heads and shoulders above water, at other points removing their equipment to squeeze through the cracks.—
Kocha Olarn,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
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After a week of squeezing through the dangerous, mazelike cave network, divers Mikko Paasi and Norrased Palasing emerged from its muddy waters Wednesday to find a cause for hope.—
Alexander Smith,
NBC news,
27 May 2026
Adjective
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My father was running the skid steer outside, clearing the snow, leaving dirty white mounds to either side of the driveway that led from the house out to the range road.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 June 2026
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Workers have told us that even wiping sweat from their face can be criticized because supervisors worry about the garment getting dirty.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
2 June 2026
Adjective
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In the late 1960s and early ’70s, for example, Nilsson completed a series of silver ink drawings on black paper that nod to Indigenous Australian bark paintings.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Qin Qin is an Asian fusion restaurant—available only to Diamond Club guests—whose menu blends Mayan ingredients with Asian staples, with dishes like Peking duck with black mole sauce, and cochinita pibil dumplings with yuzu foam and pickled red onions.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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“Dingy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dingy. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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