dingy

Example Sentences

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The garbage shuddered and gave way to a dingy white rat: sharp red eyes, a pink tail, back paw missing two toes.

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Seeing my opportunity, I stripped off my own shirt, grabbed a handful of ash, and scrubbed at my face and arms, turning myself the same dingy color as the men in front of me.

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Kate struggled on, living with her sons a few blocks from Central Park in a dingy apartment.

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He was barefoot and filthy, his bright orange hair dingy from dirt and grease.

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Then, after seeing the run-down buildings and strip malls in Somewhere, I expected a dingy motel, like a place where long-haul truckers would stay.

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