crud

Example Sentences

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Here again, the fire offered an opportunity to rediscover the glories that lay beneath decades of crud and soot.

From BBC • Nov. 29, 2024

“I suspect the internet is going to be filled with crud just all over the place,” Chris Albon told me.

From New York Times • Jul. 18, 2023

"It drained the crud out of some people. They just said, 'I'm done with it,'" she said.

From Salon • Jan. 27, 2023

Unless you clean them regularly, crud builds up in a way that would be embarrassing if anyone else saw it.

From Fox News • Jan. 16, 2022

“I don’t know what the cruddy crud it is.”

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech