dingily

Example Sentences

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Like Powell, Kynaston is attracted by people who make compromises, accept second-best, live dingily and submit quietly without relinquishing hope.

From The Guardian • Jun. 15, 2013

Hand-held cameras on dingily lighted sets catch life on the run; overlapping conversations lend Hill Street the texture of a Robert Altman locker room.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the '90s, when Bruce Rogers started his career, U. S. books were as dingily printed as they were apt to be turgidly written.

From Time Magazine Archive

"The most squalid public environment of the U.S.: dank, dingily lit, fetid, raucous with screechingclatter."

From Time Magazine Archive

Then followed a week of lesser department stores as she worked her way down-town, of offices tucked dingily behind lithograph and small-ware shops, and even an ostrich-feather loft, with a "Curlers Wanted" sign hung out.

From Gaslight Sonatas by Hurst, Fannie