How to Use grunge in a Sentence

grunge

noun

• I cleared the grunge out of the drains.
• I'm a fan of grunge.
• The ‘90s were the decade of grunge rock and rap-going-big.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 18 July 2022
• The mani fits right in with the resurgence in grunge goth glam.
  — Danielle Sinay, Glamour, 7 Mar. 2024
• The decade was marked by the rise of hip hop, the dot-com era, and grunge culture.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2024
• But, then again, that was pretty much the grunge scene at the time.
  — Lucia Gillot, SPIN, 6 July 2023
• Shop below and add a dose of grunge to your fall wardrobe!
  — Dominique Hobdy, Essence, 3 Sep. 2019
• The grunge rock album reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200.
  — Heidi Pérez-Moreno, Washington Post, 23 Dec. 2023
• Ryan showed off a more grunge side in a leather jacket.
  — Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 25 Oct. 2023
• At the time, the high-low mix of grunge and glamour was groundbreaking.
  — Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
• For Justin, the foam footwear goes grunge with metal hardware and a chunky sole.
  — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 4 Apr. 2022
• Pearl Jam was the most successful band to come out of the grunge movement.
  — Troy L. Smith, cleveland, 30 Oct. 2021
• Healey has long gray hair and peppery stubble and wears a grunge-like wardrobe.
  — Simon Parkin, The New Yorker, 19 Feb. 2020
• Also around then, there were the skinheads and punks, the New Wavers and goths, the grunge crowd and yuppies.
  — Eric J. Lyman, Fortune, 9 May 2021
• At the time, all this grunge and everything was coming in.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 22 Apr. 2023
• Yet Big Thief’s style sounds more like old-time country crossed with grunge.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2019
• To play up the outfit's grunge appeal, Alexandra's hair was placed in a messy bun.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 6 Nov. 2022
• Nirvana and Pearl Jam, two bastions of the grunge sound, are enshrined.
  — Chuck Yarborough, cleveland.com, 12 Aug. 2019
• The grunge versus hair-metal beef continues to rage in the year of our Lord 2022.
  — Tyler Aquilina, EW.com, 5 Feb. 2022
• And no, Plush isn’t named for STP’s signature 1992 grunge hit.
  — Matt Wake | [e-mail], al, 28 Dec. 2021
• But the moment in time was fleeting; grunge was taking over MTV and the airwaves.
  — René A. Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Apr. 2021
• And make sure to stick it through to the end for a hint about what might have happened to one of grunge music’s biggest stars.
  — Cinephiles Apr. 13, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2023
• When the Nineties started, there was a lot more hip-hop and grunge and fewer acts with backup singers.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 17 Mar. 2021
• But she’s been a punk, a headbanger, a grunge brat, a club kid, an R&B girl-for-hire, and a law-breaking lover of 4 Non Blondes.
  — Kate Sullivan, SPIN, 18 Feb. 2023
• This was the height of grunge, and then along comes Weezer with this nerdy little pop-punk ditty.
  — Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2024
• But don’t stop there: Before grunge, there was Hendrix, who was born and raised here.
  — National Geographic, 23 Aug. 2019
• The series looks much different, and not just in the grunge and hip-hop fashions or the Gen X baby faces of the cast.
  — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 5 Mar. 2021
• While much of fashion was grunge inspired in those years, Katy’s ideas were fresh, not trendy or cool.
  — Elyce Arons, PEOPLE.com, 5 June 2019
• But would a Kiss reunion tour work during the waning days of grunge and the early days of boy-band pop?
  — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2021
• By the early 1990’s, hair metal’s glory took a back seat to Nirvana, Pearl Jam and grunge.
  — A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 16 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Dec 2024