dirty

A dirty grey mound is all that remains of the salt mountains that once filled the building, now a weathered steel skeleton.

From Barron's ● Jul. 15, 2026

The first of their three late-career triumphs, “A Bigger Bang” brings attitude, funk, dirty rockers and dreamy ballads.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

“We know how to play against dirty football.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

The espresso martini had its moment, but lately, it’s the dirty martini that’s taken over.

From Salon ● Jul. 7, 2026

On the floor in front of the washing machine there was a huge stack of dirty clothes.

From "All About Sam" by Lois Lowry

One health benefit of “demand response” programs like this is that they keep older, dirtier gas fired power plants from turning on.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2026

The Philippines is allowing consumers to use dirtier fuels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 26, 2026

In other cases, that means turning to older and dirtier energy sources like coal.

From Salon ● Mar. 26, 2026

The new kind of power purchases they’re making are mission critical, much more expensive, and almost certainly dirtier from an environmental perspective, she said.

From Barron's ● Feb. 25, 2026

"The dirtier you are," she had said, "the harder it is for a witch to smell you out."

From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl

Listening to “The Boutique,” I feel like I should be smoking a cigarette and drinking the dirtiest martini known to man in a speakeasy, wearing a drop waist silk dress and bright red lipstick.

From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2026

Of the 490 beaches that Heal the Bay monitored between 2025 and 2026, the top 10 dirtiest also included six in San Mateo County, one in San Diego County and another in Humboldt County.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026

He urges his team to hire “somebody that has dealt in the dirtiest of dirtiest dirty business of media and propaganda.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 14, 2025

While China ramps up its renewables, it continues to rely heavily on coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2025

In fact they are the dirtiest fingernails I have ever seen on such a lovely, wonderful-smelling person.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

“Today, there are also open drains lining homes which dirties the blue paint and damages the walls,” says Mr Dave.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2024

“It dirties up a case. It brings in more otherwise inadmissible information,” said Hamasaki, who is now running for San Francisco district attorney.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2022

Buying two or three sets of sheets does mean using up some already limited storage, but students not terribly laundry-responsible won’t go into crisis when the dirties pile up.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 20, 2022

"This summit does not dignify anyone, rather, it dirties them, it sullies them. We Latin Americans have to defend ourselves so that they respect us."

From Reuters ● May 19, 2022

Whenever he feels trapped and panic sets in, he loses control and dirties himself.

From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes

During one spurt of construction, High Point offered free carwashes and valet service because the dust dirtied vehicles and the work limited parking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2025

Mr Darmanin also said the officer had also "dirtied and spat on the uniform of the Republic and his 250,000 other police and gendarme colleagues".

From BBC ● Jan. 25, 2024

It depicts the bust of Sir Ernest Shackleton, wearing dirtied yellow suspenders, his face benevolent and tough, but blurred by the thickness of the paint on canvas.

From Salon ● May 29, 2023

Berlin Dye Works offered specials to clean the clothes you’d dirtied out there at the air meet.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2023

He was vomiting and the vomit ran down his chest and stomach and dirtied his swimming trunks.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

Groups, including the United Nations children's charity Unicef, have said that girls in Sierra Leone often miss school during their periods for fear of dirtying their uniform.

From BBC ● May 17, 2026

It’s a plan that risks pleasing no one, while also dirtying the company’s valuation.

From Reuters ● Feb. 15, 2023

“Not that there has not been any efforts, there have been several cleaning campaigns, but there are more people dirtying it. People are the problem.”

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 16, 2022

“But he said arguments spoil its beauty, and that he would feel as if he was dirtying a flower with muddy hands.”

From New York Times ● Apr. 6, 2022

I thought of the blood, I think, dirtying the mattress.

From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison