grotty
Example Sentences
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In the meantime will some of us have to suck up a grotty winter?
From BBC • Dec. 16, 2023
Cozily grotty dive bars, sleek cafes, unique eateries like the Hawaiian lunch counter Poi Dog, and lovingly curated independent shops play a huge part in urban life.
From Slate • Feb. 22, 2022
An American freelance reporter in his early 40s, he was bunking at a grotty guesthouse in this town in southern Turkey on the border with Syria.
From New York Times • Feb. 16, 2021
Several wore huge, semi-rigid, one-of-a-kind ponchos, one of them ripped in the back, that looked as grotty and unfinished as any of Ruby’s ceramics.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 2, 2019
“I’ll bet Misters Awkworth and Ames are dead,” he goes, picking at his teeth with a grotty thumbnail.
From "The Misfits" by James Howe
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.