dingy

Example Sentences

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The Mexican singer-songwriter has always found the dingy, artificially lit interiors of the city’s casinos to be a bit unsettling.

From Los Angeles Times

Goodwill, long known for its dingy thrift stores with dark, crammed aisles and overflowing bins, is getting more glamorous.

From The Wall Street Journal

He stepped into the dingy lobby of an apartment building, reached his arm behind the radiator, and grabbed a matchbox hanging by a wire.

From Literature

They started small - their first office was so dingy that Armani took the shades off the lamps in order to see the fabrics.

From BBC

In the end, she found a small door into a block of flats and says she was told to wait in a "dingy little hallway" for about half an hour.

From BBC