sooty

Example Sentences

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“Smog” is a turn-of-the-century portmanteau word mashing together “smoke” and “fog” to describe the sooty, sulfurous air of the London of Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper.

From Los Angeles Times

Ornamental bay windows protrude from the sooty brick exterior that I estimate to be seventeenth century.

From Literature

Footage of rolling flames is as soothing as the real thing, and without the choking emissions and sooty clean-up.

From Salon

By the time pink and orange streaks began to glow over the horizon, all we had were a couple of boxes of wet, sooty items.

From Literature

They may be relocating to avoid sooty skies.

From Los Angeles Times