How to Use dirty in a Sentence

dirty

1 of 2 adjective

• Try not to get your clothes dirty.
• All my socks are dirty.
• I can't breathe this dirty city air.
• I hate listening to his dirty jokes.
• The baby has a dirty diaper.
• The velvet may be hard to clean if the flats get dirty or stained.
  — Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 22 June 2023
• The China study is not the first to link dirty air with suicide.
  — Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 21 Feb. 2024
• Beanies can hide your dirty hair and keep your head and ears warm.
  — Gabrielle Porcaro, Travel + Leisure, 11 Oct. 2023
• Many trains in the country are decades old and dirty, while the tracks need revamping.
  — Rhea Mogul, CNN, 4 May 2023
• Sato said that in the last outbreak, in 2015, much of the spread was from farm to farm, truck tires and dirty boots dragging the virus with them.
  — Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 2 May 2023
• Goossen sat on the edge of the ring, dressed in denim head to toe, hair slicked back like Elvis, if the King’s hair was dyed dirty blond.
  — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2023
• The machine didn’t get dirty quickly, and the air filter was easy to access.
  — Kat De Naoum, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Aug. 2023
• The artist remembered the child’s shoes – dirty, tattered down, beat up.
  — Taylor Crumpton, Essence, 26 July 2023
• Doyle chose a deep, farmhouse-style sink that would keep dirty dishes out of sight.
  — Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2023
• Her bedroom is wall-to-wall clothes, dirty dishes, etc.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2023
• The airless pump helps with this as well, protecting the retinol from light and dirty fingers.
  — Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Sep. 2023
• At a clearing in the brush, a clunky wooden dock is still pulled onshore for the season amid piles of dirty snow.
  — Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2023
• Advertisement The public is warned to stay out of the dirty water.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 29 Dec. 2023
• These are durable and made to get dirty on the road, and can be used multiple times between washes.
  — Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 5 Dec. 2023
• Getting our hands dirty in the garden is one of the best ways to boost mental and physical health.
  — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 17 June 2023
• The bottom of the bag is a convenient shoe storage area that keeps dirty shoes away from clothing.
  — Taylor Gumm, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2024
• Wear clothes that can get dirty and closed-toe shoes and bring sun protection, water and snacks.
  — Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
• No place to put it when traveling or [the] bottom gets dirty sitting down.
  — Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2023
• The jelly cleanser gets down and dirty removing all of the grease and the day’s pollution from your face and helping your skin glow.
  — Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2024
• Use two tablespoons for a light load and four tablespoons for a large or dirty load.
  — Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Mar. 2024
• On the flip side, a dirty system can degrade air quality.
  — Jamie Ducharme, Time, 7 July 2023
• This usually results in two archetypes: The dirty grandpa, or the Julie Andrews.
  — Haley Strack, National Review, 12 Nov. 2023
• The students pack up their leftovers, the dirty pots and pans are magicked away by a trio of helpful assistants, and the lights go out.
  — Jordan P. Hickey, Longreads, 22 Feb. 2024
• Smoke from the Canadian wildfires is bringing dirty, hazy air to the Northeast.
  — Michael Salerno, The Arizona Republic, 9 June 2023
• Coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel, is in decline — no new coal plants have been built in the United States in the last decade.
  — Coral Davenport, BostonGlobe.com, 11 May 2023

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dirty

2 of 2 verb

• Take off your shoes to keep from dirtying the floor.
• Her fingers were dirtied with ink.
• The hit looked clean, even if the outcome dirtied Krug.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Dec. 2019
• The virus has gotten more of us outdoors, too, dirtying our hands in the soil.
  — cleveland, 1 June 2020
• Toys on the floor, dirtied dishes from dinner in the sink and artwork on the fridge.
  — Karen Pilarski, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2017
• Call it a 3-day-old snow scene, after the village's cars have dirtied all the white flakes.
  — Lauren Piro, Good Housekeeping, 11 Dec. 2014
• The area is exposed to the east, so any stiff wind from that direction will beat it up and dirty the water.
  — Todd Masson, NOLA.com, 9 May 2017
• Hell, maybe therapists should step out of the office and dirty their hands in the muck of their patients’ lives.
  — Time, 23 Jan. 2023
• That applies to makeup as well, which can quickly dirty the inside of the mask.
  — cleveland, 15 Apr. 2020
• Another student complained the boy’s skin would dirty up the crayons.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2021
• If a paper towel is available, be sure to use it to turn off the faucet to avoid dirtying your hands again.
  — Emily Bamforth, cleveland, 4 Mar. 2020
• Democrats say the focus on Burisma is part of an effort to dirty up Trump’s main rival in the 2020 contest.
  — Jerry Dunleavy, Washington Examiner, 6 Aug. 2020
• Democrats say this focus is an effort to dirty up Trump’s 2020 rival.
  — Jerry Dunleavy, Washington Examiner, 10 Aug. 2020
• Now, Dake will wash her uniform a last time and prepare to dirty a new uniform next season.
  — Randy Sachs, star-telegram.com, 24 May 2017
• Until a jockey can ditch a dirtied set for a clean look, life in the fast lane is awful stressful.
  — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 19 May 2018
• The breeze and warm summer air banished moisture and the need to dirty and wash another device.
  — New York Times, 19 July 2022
• Markings on the cup are extra helpful for quick and easy prep, as there's no need to dirty any measuring cups or spoons in the process.
  — Brigitt Earley, Good Housekeeping, 25 May 2022
• Place Mat Keep your pet from dirtying up your vacation digs.
  — Nellah McGough, Southern Living, 21 May 2015
• For shoes, Cross chose sleek combat boots, as Beckham went for his trusty Vans, which were slightly dirtied.
  — Vogue, 10 Apr. 2019
• Dislikes: Anything that will dirty her pristine white coat.
  — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 25 Nov. 2021
• His uniform already had been dirtied by his earlier dash around the bases.
  — Dennis Lin, sandiegouniontribune.com, 29 July 2017
• Then came an interesting twist: China was dirtying up the whole globe, Thiel said.
  — Thomas Meaney, Harper's magazine, 20 Jan. 2020
• Spanish-style eggs with garlicky crumbs and chorizo makes a spicy, deep-flavored brunch for a kale lover, and dirties only one pan.
  — Barry Estabrook, WSJ, 8 Sep. 2017
• Richard could not catch the waiter’s eye, and the plates lingered too long, the silverware dirtied and askew, and who wanted to stare at the soiled instruments of their feeding?
  — Emma Cline, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2017
• Bonus: This recipe only dirties one pan, so cleanup is a lot faster than traditional lasagna, too.
  — Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 5 Apr. 2017
• Set designers painted on rust, dirtied air vents, and added a general patina of schmutz to the queue scenes, all in service of the story.
  — Arthur Levine, USA TODAY, 14 May 2018
• Jones includes a recipe for baked pasta that requires you to dirty exactly one pan — a casserole dish — and a small mixing bowl for the topping.
  — Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2022
• After seeing what happens, probably not — feel free to dirty up this lifeguard look with some heinous face paint.
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 30 June 2020
• Silverfield wanted to recreate the cheese blend of Gruyère and Emmental, while ditching the act of meting the cheese, dipping the bread, and dirtying up her table.
  — Alex Delany, Bon Appetit, 6 Apr. 2017
• The river has been dirtied by combined sewer overflows for years, DiZoglio said.
  — Alyssa Lukpat, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Aug. 2019

Last Updated: 3 May 2024