dirtying

Example Sentences

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To prevent that dust from dirtying the bed, clean the fan after you strip the sheets and before you vacuum the mattress.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 16, 2024

She said the latest ban will "protect the environment and help to cut litter - stopping plastic pollution dirtying our streets and threatening our wildlife".

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2023

It’s a plan that risks pleasing no one, while also dirtying the company’s valuation.

From Reuters • Feb. 15, 2023

“But he said arguments spoil its beauty, and that he would feel as if he was dirtying a flower with muddy hands.”

From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2022

She opened the shed where we kept the coal and dug around, dirtying her hands, until she excavated a garment bag, then another, then another.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman