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

There were a few water taps around the edges but no proper showers and only grubby blankets on the floor.

From BBC • Jul. 29, 2025

Most recently, Wilson wrote Thursday that her father is a “delusional and grubby little control freak who hasn’t matured as a person for 38 years.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 8, 2024

He came down with dysentery and ended up in a grubby hospital in Port-au-Prince, on a floor that lacked a toilet.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French