begrimed; begriming
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Examples of begrime in a Sentence
years of spattered mud had thoroughly begrimed the mailbox by the side of the road
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The set, by Natasha Jenkins, features walls that might once have been a moderately cheering yellow, now faded and begrimed.
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Charles Isherwoos, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2023
Also begrimed are the lower extremities of the white costumes worn by the cast (costume design is by Nastya Bugaeva).
—BostonGlobe.com, 21 Sep. 2019
The topsoil of more than a million acres had simply blown away, a portion of it taking to the wind to begrime the nation’s capital.
—John F. Ross, WSJ, 14 June 2018
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Charles Isherwoos, WSJ, 2 Mar. 2023
Also begrimed are the lower extremities of the white costumes worn by the cast (costume design is by Nastya Bugaeva).
—BostonGlobe.com, 21 Sep. 2019
The topsoil of more than a million acres had simply blown away, a portion of it taking to the wind to begrime the nation’s capital.
—John F. Ross, WSJ, 14 June 2018
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“Begrime.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/begrime. Accessed 4 Dec. 2024.
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