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Its borders seem to expand as trash bags begin appearing on the Badris’ property, and shots of swarming flies and sooty skies turn practically malevolent.
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Vulture, 16 July 2022
The Persian Polymath Avicenna compared the urine of newly pregnant women to chickpea water, which turned red in the later stages and a black, sooty color after childbirth.
—Holly Barker, Discover Magazine, 14 July 2022
At Race Point in Provincetown sightings included a sooty shearwater, 23 common murres, 600 razorbills, 30 black-legged kittiwakes, and 5 Iceland gulls.
—BostonGlobe.com, 22 Dec. 2021
This is a novel of warrenlike buildings, sooty doors, small rooms that smell of mice and leather.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2021
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Vulture, 16 July 2022
The Persian Polymath Avicenna compared the urine of newly pregnant women to chickpea water, which turned red in the later stages and a black, sooty color after childbirth.
—Holly Barker, Discover Magazine, 14 July 2022
At Race Point in Provincetown sightings included a sooty shearwater, 23 common murres, 600 razorbills, 30 black-legged kittiwakes, and 5 Iceland gulls.
—BostonGlobe.com, 22 Dec. 2021
This is a novel of warrenlike buildings, sooty doors, small rooms that smell of mice and leather.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sooty
Adjective
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Focus on unoaked whites with texture—think fuller-bodied expressions of Pinot Gris or Pinot Grigio, smoky Italian whites like Greco di Tufo and Falanghina, or fruity but dry expressions of Riesling.—
Anna Lee C. Iijima,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
10 Nov. 2025
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Her light brunette hair fell in cascading waves under her hat and down her back, while makeup was kept minimal with a smoky eye and nude lip.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
9 Nov. 2025
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It-girl energy that refuses to fade—from lacey slips to pencil skirts and smudgy, smoky eyeliner, the codes of that decade still define what’s cool.—
Beatrice Zocchi,
Vogue,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Sooty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sooty. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.
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