trashy

Example Sentences

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It’s trashy noir yet elevated and totally dead-eyed — as if Flannery O’Connor took a crack at writing a James M. Cain story.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 4, 2025

For the record, Buffalo chicken wings are messy but never trashy.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 23, 2025

It would rather binge-watch thousands of hours of trashy TV shows than deal with the dithering crew of space hippies to which it’s been assigned.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 11, 2025

It’s maybe a little trashy, in the best possible way.

From Salon • Jun. 1, 2025

He didn’t want her talking after such trashy people.

From "Their Eyes Were Watching God" by Zora Neale Hurston