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grainy

[grey-nee] / ˈgreɪ ni /


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That’s the beauty of film and its grainy cloak of memory: It lets you travel through time.

From The Wall Street Journal

Decisive evidence came from a grainy black-and-white photo taken by a German speed trap.

From The Wall Street Journal

Shot on film by cinematographer Alex Ashe to achieve a warm, grainy period look, the movie takes its two-people-talking premise as the unlikely springboard for a subtly rendered visual fantasia.

From The Wall Street Journal

Announcements of these strikes are usually accompanied with grainy footage but no evidence of the alleged drug trafficking and few details about who or what was on board each vessel.

From BBC

A few generations ago, the ultrasound would show a grainy blob.

From Science Daily