dingier; dingiest
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Examples of dingy in a Sentence
He's been staying in a dingy motel.
the bed sheets were pretty dingy so we threw them in the laundry pile
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The dingy, raw feeling of the subculture has faded somewhat — the majority of American gaming arcades have closed down — but the community has maintained its spirit.
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Ahmed Ali Akbar, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
Ditto the period production and costume design, exactingly dingy in each detail from clunky rotary phones to knobbly knitwear, but without a hint of retro-fab nostalgia: If the past is a foreign country, the future, or at least the ’90s, beckons with some promise of home.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 Jan. 2025
From odorous workout clothes to terribly dingy towels and everything in between, Gain Rinse and Renew breaks down the residue that causes odors deep within fabrics and removes it at the source.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
If your stainless steel pots and pans still look dingy, Bar Keepers Friend Superior Cookware Cleanser & Polish works great to restore the luster of steel, says Chris Willatt, owner of Alpine Maids in Denver.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 9 Jan. 2025
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Ahmed Ali Akbar, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
Ditto the period production and costume design, exactingly dingy in each detail from clunky rotary phones to knobbly knitwear, but without a hint of retro-fab nostalgia: If the past is a foreign country, the future, or at least the ’90s, beckons with some promise of home.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 Jan. 2025
From odorous workout clothes to terribly dingy towels and everything in between, Gain Rinse and Renew breaks down the residue that causes odors deep within fabrics and removes it at the source.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, Newsweek, 15 Jan. 2025
If your stainless steel pots and pans still look dingy, Bar Keepers Friend Superior Cookware Cleanser & Polish works great to restore the luster of steel, says Chris Willatt, owner of Alpine Maids in Denver.
—Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 9 Jan. 2025
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“Dingy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dingy. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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