sooty

Example Sentences

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Malick Diop grew up in Senegal in a thatched-roof hut with a dirt floor, sooty walls and roaming goats.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Welcome to this week’s edition of the Surge, typing to you from underneath a sooty, icy snow boulder that has covered the entirety of D.C. for a week.

From Slate • Jan. 31, 2026

The mostly white moths stood out in the sooty environment and became easy prey for predators.

From Salon • Jun. 15, 2025

Now stored in sealed plastic bags, the sooty plumes will help answer questions about how chronic smoke exposure affects birds, and what exactly the animals were exposed to during L.A.’s firestorms.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2025

Then I thought of the bride I’d make, in a threadbare, sooty gown that stank of cooking fat and yesterday’s dinner.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine