grossness

Example Sentences

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I never felt the metropolis up the 5 to be a den of grossness like too many of my fellow Orange Countians still think it is.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025

Although she claimed to “hate grossness and toughness,” she told The Times in 1972 that she would “step on someone’s sensibilities if the interview demands it.”

From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2022

One site of potential smells and other general grossness to be wary of is the baffle, a.k.a. the rubber splash guard.

From Washington Post • Aug. 19, 2022

Gefilte fish has long suffered from an undeserved reputation for grossness.

From Salon • Aug. 26, 2021

I know it makes me a horrible person, but after Ellis’s grossness this morning, I kinda wish it was still there.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King