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

In the process, the Fosters have created a small island of civilization in a sooty, fire-blasted wilderness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 17, 2025

Lourdes turns and strides past Brooklyn’s sooty town hall, past the state supreme court, where the Son of Sam trial will take place.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García