grotty

Example Sentences

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It was grotty and a foul damp smell hit me in the face and did not go when I opened the windows.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2025

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

The other girls at Maidsend all lay snoring or knitting or doing their nails when the rain was tipping it down in such grotty visibility no one could fly.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein