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Recent Examples of grime
Noun
This means keeping the proper sanitizer levels and doing regular cleaning to remove debris and grime that collects on the floor and walls. Bestreviews, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2025 While washing the mop pad, the dock heats the water to different temperatures to tackle various types of grime: 122 degrees Fahrenheit for starch stains, 140 degrees for grease, and 176 degrees for coffee and sterilization. PC Magazine, 2 Apr. 2025 Meanwhile, steam only needs water heated to a high temperature to loosen up dirt and grime, plus sanitize surfaces. Terri Williams, Architectural Digest, 3 Apr. 2025 Watch out for slippery roads: The initial half-hour of rain is when roads are slickest due to a mixture of rain, grime, and oil. Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for grime
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grime
Noun
  • Crew members come up to Landau to discuss the process of making the floor resemble real dirt and mud, whether a test-your-strength carnival machine can be struck in time with the music, as well as drafts of a digital rendering of the sky that will grace the LED screen at the back of the stage.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 18 Apr. 2025
  • In fact, there’s plenty of dirt and animals trotting around the house — a tangible way of indicating the family’s lack of wealth compared to characters like Darcy and his friend, Charles Bingley.
    Abigail Lee, Variety, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • If Bonhoeffer’s example is used to justify more far-right Christian violence in America, that would be another tragedy — and a cruel irony that would stain the legacy of a man who gave up everything to confront a tyrant.
    John Blake, CNN Money, 13 Apr. 2025
  • Pérez's manager, Enrique Paulino, spoke to reporters at the scene, his shirt stained with blood.
    Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The war settled into a brutal battle of attrition with limited movement along a frontline stretching for 600 miles through muck of eastern Ukraine.
    Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The Clippers’ success lately isn’t just stemming from them making games ugly with their defense and slogging through the muck.
    Zach Harper, The Athletic, 24 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Place them in a shoe bag or wrap them in a plastic bag to keep them from dirtying other items.
    Will Porter, Travel + Leisure, 12 Feb. 2025
  • For example, a small non-shedding dog that rarely goes outside won't dirty a bed nearly as fast as a large labarador that plays outside daily.
    Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Teams will eventually undertake soil studies and drone-based, multispectral ground sensing to measure potential improvements to soil quality and carbon capture capacity on farmland that uses these techniques.
    Robin Roenker, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
  • To minimize outdoor pollution during poor air quality, officials urged people to carpool; telecommute; reduce trips or take public transportation; slow down when driving on dirt roads; and stabilize loose soils.
    Anna Skinner, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Juicy, whole lobster served grilled or blackened is best, though the menu at this famous haunt features every possible elaboration of the dish.
    Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 20 Apr. 2025
  • Photo : Andrew Pogue The compact kitchen sports blackened stainless-steel counters.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 16 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • The show was a benefit for Willowbrook, a home for disabled children and adults that allowed its patients to wallow in filth and degradation.
    David Browne, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Ultimately, what all of this research reveals is that the planet is dirty, even if the filth can be hard to see.
    Benji Jones, Vox, 10 Mar. 2025

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“Grime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grime. Accessed 3 May. 2025.

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