gritty
Example Sentences
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And the cartoonish portrayal of combat using childlike blocky figures helps to sanitize gritty images of war, helping it to get past social media filters—and pushing it far beyond Iran’s borders.
He took some dried willow bark from his medicine pouch and chewed it, gagging on its gritty bitterness.
From Literature
Skenes, 23, held the Dominican Republic’s collection of superstars to just one run over 4 ⅓ gritty innings, powering the Americans to a thrilling 2-1 win.
The performance was in the sharpest of contrasts to what has been seen under Tudor so far – gritty, resilient, threatening.
From BBC
But the "dark and gritty" 12-part storyline was ordered to be wiped, and more than half of it remains missing.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
