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Recent Examples of slatternly
John Phillips, Car and Driver, 9 Jan. 2023
An influential Peruvian industrialist named Enrique is photographed in flagrante amid a heap of slatternly prostitutes.
—Dwight Garner, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2018
By sticking to Patti’s second-best status, and the deferred dreams of her slatternly mother, Barb (Bridget Everett), and her widowed, infirm grandmother, Nana (Cathy Moriarty), Jasper shows his condescension toward their toughness.
—Armond White, National Review, 18 Aug. 2017
The one who took best actress was Marie Mullen, who portrayed Maureen, a 40-year-old virgin shackled to her imperious, housebound mother, Mag (the splendidly slatternly Anna Manahan).
—Ben Brantley, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2017
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This diorama includes a brawny male wax figure wearing Pampers who is stretched in agony on a rack, alongside a slatternly brunette with a suggestively slit skirt who is being flogged.
—John Phillips, Car and Driver, 9 Jan. 2023
An influential Peruvian industrialist named Enrique is photographed in flagrante amid a heap of slatternly prostitutes.
—Dwight Garner, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2018
By sticking to Patti’s second-best status, and the deferred dreams of her slatternly mother, Barb (Bridget Everett), and her widowed, infirm grandmother, Nana (Cathy Moriarty), Jasper shows his condescension toward their toughness.
—Armond White, National Review, 18 Aug. 2017
The one who took best actress was Marie Mullen, who portrayed Maureen, a 40-year-old virgin shackled to her imperious, housebound mother, Mag (the splendidly slatternly Anna Manahan).
—Ben Brantley, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slatternly
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Slough House is headed by the slovenly, flatulent, and frequently intoxicated Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman), who routinely heaps verbal abuse on his staff but is nonetheless a brilliant spymaster in his own smelly way.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 24 Dec. 2024
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Corruption within the organization, after all, is as much a part of the show as Jackson Lamb’s slovenly habits and horrible diet.Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 9 Oct. 2024
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My father was living alone in that dark, filthy room like an old animal wallowing in its own excrement.Lee Chang-dong, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2024
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Down and out in Tinseltown, where white glistening snow turns to filthy slush.Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 20 Dec. 2024
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She’s come a long way from Marianne’s dowdy school uniform.Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2024
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World-renowned for its cashmere, buttery leather, and tailored wool, Italian winter fashion leaves no room for dowdy sweatpants and sweatshirts.Nneya Richards, Travel + Leisure, 20 Nov. 2024
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The short, brittle, uncombed hair under her hat gave her crow’s wings on either side of her face.Judith Thurman, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2024
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After noting that people have made negative comments about her makeup-free face, the Grammy Award-winning rapper recorded a video fresh off the wake up, showing off her hyperpigmentation, uncombed hair, and all.Sydney Clarke, refinery29.com, 10 Feb. 2021
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After creating a well in the center of the mixture, gradually pour in the buttermilk and stir to make a shaggy dough.Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 22 Dec. 2024
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While the film is set in an alternate version of the '90s, Pratt's smuggler character Keats' shaggy blond locks and facial hair harken back to an even earlier decade.Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 17 Dec. 2024
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Hundreds of thousands are packed into squalid tent camps along the coast as the cold, wet winter sets in.WAFAA SHURAFA AND TIA GOLDENBERG THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 23 Dec. 2024
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Thousands of Haitian migrants were camped out in squalid conditions under a bridge at the border in Del Rio, Texas.Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 20 Dec. 2024
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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.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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The 16-inch screen is delightfully bright, with wide viewing angles and pristine white backgrounds instead of dingy.PCMAG, PCMAG, 11 Dec. 2024
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The whole movie is touched by a '70s residue of studiously brooding rhythms, grimy interiors, and sleazy characters—one, played by a razor-sharp Charlotte Rampling—and elevated by one of Newman’s career-best performances.Tomris Laffly, TIME, 20 Dec. 2024
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Director Marielle Heller’s fifth feature is by turns imaginative, funny, grimy, and packed with ideas about the sacrifices mothers, going well beyond the usual pat stereotypes.Joe Reid, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2024
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“Slatternly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slatternly. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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