dirty laundry

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Let’s air out the proposal’s dirty laundry: SoCalGas’ proposal to blend less than 5% hydrogen into Orange Cove’s system — which serves about 2,000 customer gas meters — would cost $64 million over 18 months.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

Confrontational and surprising, its the comic equivalent of not just airing a marriage’s dirty laundry in public, but broadcasting it on a Jumbotron.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 31, 2026

The actor said he was a "crash test dummy for MeToo" and that he knew the trial would air piles and piles of dirty laundry.

From Salon • Jun. 22, 2025

But Massie won, in part because of his primary opponent’s dirty laundry.

From Slate • Mar. 15, 2025

Everything else—the piles of dirty laundry, the opened Doritos bags, the empty cans of generic soda pop, two ratty old chairs, and a moldering beanbag chair—was dispensable, an afterthought, props.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz