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
The Parleys live in a dingily magnificent mansion of Beacon Street.
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
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 a dingily furnished room, sitting on a molting, plush sofa I saw the curious little man to whom I had so taken months ago.
From The City in the Clouds by Gull, C. Ranger
