How to Use grimy in a Sentence

grimy

adjective
  • Despite the rain, her neck is grimy.
    — Molly Aitken, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Have a grimy sheet pan that no amount of scrubbing will get clean?
    — Mackenzie Chung Fegan, Bon Appétit, 13 July 2022
  • Have a grimy sheet pan that no amount of scrubbing will get clean?
    — Mackenzie Chung Fegan, Bon Appétit, 11 Oct. 2022
  • The streets were dirty and grimy, crime ran amok and morale was at an all-time low.
    — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 7 July 2021
  • Food crumbs, spills, and rotting food can make your fridge grimy and maybe even smelly.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2025
  • Food crumbs, spills, and rotting food can make your fridge grimy and maybe even smelly.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 16 June 2026
  • The undersides of his white sport socks were grimy with dirt.
    — Douglas Stuart, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2020
  • So this spring, make a little time to go outside and get grimy.
    — Holly Burns, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2024
  • Next, give your bathroom a deep clean by tackling grimy grout.
    — Ryan Conner, Dallas News, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The original is dark and grimy, bass-heavy with a wonky beat.
    — Kat Bein, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2017
  • And that only scrapes the surface of this grimy rogue’s gallery.
    — Kim Kelly, The New Republic, 28 Apr. 2020
  • The streets were dirty and grimy, crime ran rampant and morale was at an all-time low.
    — Jack Kelly, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2022
  • The cover is tattered, ink-stained and grimy around the edges.
    — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2022
  • The grimy floors, with trails of dirt closing in around a drain below my feet.
    — Jenna Birch, Health.com, 20 May 2020
  • There was a grimy old tub in one room, a dingy, derelict fridge in another.
    — Mark Shanahan, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Oct. 2022
  • Dirty, grimy, no cut and scruffy — just ain’t even worried about nothing.
    — Michael Saponara, Billboard, 13 Oct. 2022
  • The woodblock floor was covered in a grimy black goop, and an oily haze hung in the air.
    — Rich Ceppos, Car and Driver, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The town was a little more grimy and had much more of its old-world charm still attached.
    — Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, 12 Feb. 2018
  • Puddles would capture the hue of neon lights in a grimy alley.
    — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Scrub the cabinets to remove any grease and grimy buildup.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Scrub the cabinets to remove any grease and grimy buildup.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Scrub the cabinets to remove any grease and grimy buildup.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Dad worked at the steelworks cleaning out the furnaces, a grimy job.
    — Marc Myers, WSJ, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Yet over a half-century, the city’s grimy commerce climbed that hill.
    — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Clean gas stovetop grates to prevent grease and build-up that can smell, burn, and look grimy over time.
    — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 1 July 2025
  • While that may be a badge of honor on the mound, that grimy peak may not look as good in the bleachers.
    — Maryal Miller Carter, USA Today, 14 June 2025
  • While that may be a badge of honor on the mound, that grimy peak may not look as good in the bleachers.
    — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2023
  • While that may be a badge of honor on the mound, that grimy peak may not look as good in the bleachers.
    — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 10 Feb. 2024
  • The players, still sweating and grimy, change into their street clothes and head home.
    — Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2019
  • The other stuff — the glue work, the grimy work — that’s what wins in May and June.
    — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 1 Apr. 2025

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