grubby
Example Sentences
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In Mohit’s telling, Laxman seems merely grubby and small-minded.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
For admirers who like their Bard semidivine, it’s unappealing to think of him amid these grubby realities.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025
Heaven help the grubby finger that even attempts to graze their wings.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2024
Two beautifully floated crosses provided excellent assists in what was otherwise a rather grubby affair by the Gunners.
From BBC • Mar. 11, 2024
They were swollen, faded, eaten by the salt air and the grit of sand, not to mention so many grubby, grabbing fingers.
From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
