gritty

As the wickets tumbled, the pressure was on Hunter to steer Ireland to a competitive total, but she was caught on the boundary for Wong's fifth wicket to end a gritty 96-ball stay.

From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026

Perhaps best of all: The movie has a gritty, charming meanness to it; a stickiness that’s hard to shake off.

From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026

Which is how I landed at the charming waterfront Hotel Tiber in the gritty seaside town of Fiumicino for under $200 a night.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

England needed a Joe Root rescue act once again as his 99 not out led a gritty chase of 234 against India in Cardiff to level the one-day international series against India.

From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2026

The vuvv speak by grinding a sort of gritty fin against their body, so most of what we said, translated, sounded like sandpaper or, when we were shouting, Velcro.

From "Landscape with Invisible Hand" by M.T. Anderson

“It was dangerous and it was a little grittier, a little more scary to grow up in the L.A. of the ’80s,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026

For over an hour, a harder, grittier version of the club seemed ready to overcome its history and lift this elusive trophy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 30, 2026

Fans of Marvel’s grittier side should like “Punisher,” and “Maul” is cool, but is that enough to justify a subscription?

From MarketWatch ● Apr. 30, 2026

It's the latest entry in a long-running military shooter series often framed as a grittier, more realistic answer to Call of Duty.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2025

They were nearing the edge of Lkossa, a grittier part of the city littered with old crates, debris, and other filth.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

However this story ends, U.S. skier Lindsey Vonn has to go down as one of the greatest, grittiest competitors in the history of her sport or any other.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026

Crawley at least found form with the grittiest of knocks, adding 78 with Joe Root then 68 with Harry Brook, defending well and attacking loose balls.

From Barron's ● Dec. 20, 2025

Surviving the scare of tweaking his ankle while warming up for his BNP Paribas Open final against childhood idol Rafael Nadal, Fritz out-gritted the grittiest and mentally toughest player in the game.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2022

Justin Langer, once the grittiest of Australia cricketers, is now the national team's high-profile team boss.

From BBC ● Dec. 25, 2021

She came out of Berwind, which was one of the grittiest and roughest towns in the county.

From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam