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Recent Examples of grimy Vince, a recovering addict with a scraggly beard, starts too grimy for the actor to capably sell. Alison Herman, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025 Scenes stretch on too long, Lynette’s misbegotten plans play out in predictable fashion, and even a handful of genuinely thrilling action sequences (like Lynette’s escape from that grimy garage, told through an eye-popping oner) can’t quite keep things ticking along. Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2025 Looming on the horizon above him is the remnants of a dystopian Tokyo that looks grimy and undeniably pretty in equal measure. Joshua Lamb, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025 Tyler’s imprisonment at the nearby Willow Hill Psychiatric Facility—whose grimy environs recall Batman’s Arkham Asylum, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, and so many other fictional houses of psychological horrors—is the site of a promising new (but easily spoiled) subplot. Judy Berman, Time, 6 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for grimy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grimy
Adjective
  • Jackson Lamb has long, greasy hair and a pot belly over which hangs a filthy old trench coat.
    Barbara Ellis, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
  • On the other end, Ja’Marr Chase is coming off an absolutely filthy touchdown grab last Sunday.
    Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • This is not a dusty collection or hodgepodge of Gold Rush artifacts placed around a xeriscape.
    David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The old shelves with their dusty cans were gone, replaced by three wooden pillars, each with a small platform at chest height.
    David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Two days later and nearly 400 miles to the west, good Samaritans found two baby girls crying on the dirty floor of a park restroom in the working-class coastal California city of Oxnard.
    Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Yellow or orange flames might indicate a problem with combustion or dirty burners.
    Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 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
  • The stained glass traces a hierarchy from the current dean to the Crown and then to God.
    Rick Burton, Sportico.com, 6 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Adjective
  • In tandem came the flagging energy, muddy cognition, clogged chi.
    Rowan Jacobsen, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Behind us the muddy brown waters of the Tchoutacabouffa River roll towards what until recently was commonly understood to be the Gulf of Mexico.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • North swapped out Tyler's pants for a matching miniskirt and added a microphone and a pair of black sunglasses to top off the look.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 26 Oct. 2025
  • On a late November evening, the troubled, melancholy Kate Morgan, was seen dressed in black facing crashing ocean waves fueled by a cold winter storm.
    Noreen Kompanik, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025

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“Grimy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grimy. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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