How to Use grubby in a Sentence

grubby

adjective

• He lives in a grubby little apartment.
• Everybody’s got some grubby work to do, it’s not the end-all of life.
  — Washington Post, 9 May 2022
• But in the grubby bazaar of politician-buying, the NRA is a bit player.
  — Jonah Goldberg, National Review, 6 Oct. 2017
• Style him in grubby cowboy clothes and long hair and tell him to shoot dead the pristine John Wayne.
  — Matt Goulet, Esquire, 18 Sep. 2017
• The refugees come to terms with their grubby existence.
  — Hugh Hunter, Philly.com, 27 Feb. 2018
• So my main goal here is for the Gators to keep their grubby mitts off our budding Belichick.
  — David Whitley, OrlandoSentinel.com, 2 Nov. 2017
• All that money-raising and all those grubby hands to shake.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 19 Jan. 2018
• This is a grubby land grab with just about as much sordidness of the Teapot Dome affair.
  — Tim Hogan, The Denver Post, 31 Jan. 2020
• Admittedly, those hands are sticky and grubby, but it’s the thought that counts.
  — Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2020
• Looks pretty grubby and in need of a Freddie Mercury, but why not?
  — Dave Holmes, Esquire, 20 May 2015
• But at the same time, the lobby smelled like a bathroom, and the bathrooms themselves were as grubby as a highway rest stop.
  — Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 2 Jan. 2020
• Tape and grips start out all sparkly clean but get grubby pretty quick.
  — Joe Lindsey, Outside Online, 17 July 2021
• The drive to Oakland passes in a dream of sunshine and grubby rest areas and Starbucks.
  — Claire Dederer, New York Times, 25 Sep. 2022
• When our hands were too grubby to accept a stick of gum, Eva went around and placed a piece in each of our mouths like a communion wafer.
  — Sonya Bennett-Brandt, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2022
• This president simply moved the rock and gave light and air to all the nasty, grubby things underneath.
  — Jason Johnson, The Root, 16 Aug. 2017
• Manson starts the ‘60s as a grubby little inmate whose rap sheet—prison buggery aside—is a bunch of crap.
  — Matt Thompson, Spin, 10 Sep. 2023
• Outside, a half-dozen grubby children crowded around a cooking fire, some of them naked from the waist down.
  — Ty McCormick, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2018
• The idea that the players themselves are grubby and selfish mostly comes from Donald and Methven.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 1 Apr. 2020
• And through it all, for two decades, a so-ugly-he’s-cute saber-toothed squirrel has been trying to get his grubby mitts on an acorn.
  — Perseverance Apr. 14, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2022
• The grubby world Ray inhabits looks like ours, but the details are slightly skewed.
  — Kate Knibbs, Wired, 25 Feb. 2021
• Ever get the urge to scurry around cities and fight the patriarchy with your grubby little hands?
  — Haley Strack, National Review, 11 Aug. 2023
• Gel polish, on the other hand, is more porous, which explains why bright whites and light pinks tend to look grubby with wear.
  — Sophie Wirt, Glamour, 21 Nov. 2022
• Washing your grubby mitts is one of the all-time best ways to cut your chances of getting sick and spreading harmful germs to others.
  — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 6 Apr. 2018
• For beating the tabloids, Mr. Mosley became a hero to many celebrities who felt their privacy had been breached by the grubby side of the media.
  — Washington Post, 27 May 2021
• The tender message is accompanied with a photo of the couple’s grubby feet, framed by waves rolling in on the beach.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 8 Oct. 2020
• My daughter’s puffy pink Sears booster seat was grubby.
  — Monica Drake, Longreads, 19 Oct. 2017
• With a powerfully raw script and a gritty aesthetic, the film captured two men at the end of their grubby ropes.
  — Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 11 Apr. 2023
• As for the 2JetZ—the very small fighter jet/auto combo should hit kids’ grubby, outstretched hands in November.
  — Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 4 June 2019
• Seriously, is there anyone who doesn’t want to watch Kristen Stewart flicking back a greasy shag, driving an old pickup and chain-smoking in grubby tank tops?
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2024
• This grubby but remarkable bird, badly in need of a bath and some peace, has a difficult time tuning out Earth’s perpetual chorus of lamentation.
  — Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2024

Last Updated: 12 Oct 2024