dirty

Example Sentences

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Sister Maria nags the girls about dirty rooms and overloaded washing machines, and conducts room checks twice a month.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 11, 2026

It’s refreshing in the way a dirty martini is refreshing.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2026

This does smell quite dirty, and we look forward to learning more about it.

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2026

Some fountains are dirty, he added, “and some of the pipes on campus produce water that has, like, extremely high amounts of lead and magnesium.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

A thin man with scraggly gray hair and a dirty white T-shirt stood on the porch of the closest house.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste