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

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

But the unheard music of Stone’s lower intestinal tract is nonetheless a key structural element, organizing “Flux Gourmet” into an elegant fugue of contrapuntal themes: grossness and refinement; pleasure and disgust; appetite and discipline.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 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