dirty

Example Sentences

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In “Daughters of the Sun and Moon,” Dove, Petal and Moon arrive in “the dirty, dusty, violent streets of Los Angeles.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 2026

"I just think fast fashion, we don't need it. We were all brought up in jumble sale clothes and it doesn't matter if they get dirty that way either."

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

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

Having caught the attention of the concert crowd, Trey strode in a near straight line toward me, picnic blankets be damned, stumbling over the edge of the last one, shooting it a dirty look.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith