grubbiness
Example Sentences
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His passion for theater, from its grubbiest particulars to its headiest heights, is the thread that binds together a slightly miscellaneous collection.
From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2021
The final reason practical effects are hip again is the grubbiest: they’re a piece of the swag we call “fan service.”
From The New Yorker • Jan. 20, 2016
Sean Ingle dons his grubbiest Columbo mac to investigate.
From The Guardian • Jul. 1, 2010
The house at 311 East 100th Street in Harlem enjoys a reputation for being the grubbiest slum building on the grubbiest slum street in the U.S.
From Time Magazine Archive
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And I made up my mind, then and there, that next Christmas there should be a tree for all the littlest and grubbiest children in my old home.
From The Fairies and the Christmas Child by Gask, Lilian