How to Use grungy in a Sentence

grungy

adjective
  • After working in the garden all day, I felt sweaty and grungy.
  • Styling a short-sleeve over a long-sleeve feels grungy and laid-back.
    — Kelsey Stiegman, Glamour, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The holes have cotton whiskers that add to the grungy look.
    — Bestreviews, Mercury News, 22 Sep. 2025
  • None of that bothered me as much as how grungy the place was.
    — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 17 May 2018
  • But over time, pods get grungy and moldy just like your coffee pot does.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Come for the grungy Biloxi setting; stay for the stun grenade.
    — Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2017
  • Facing it were bean bag chairs on a shag rug carpet—and not the grungy kind.
    — Megan Spurrell, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 June 2026
  • For the show, the form-fitting dress with a grungy touch checked all of her boxes.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Probably some kind of grungy T-shirt and jeans.
    — Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Wide-leg black jeans can sometimes skew either too grungy or too formal.
    — India Roby, Glamour, 8 June 2026
  • The boots are crafted from grungy leather and include a side-zip closure.
    — Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Throw it back this Halloween with a nod to grungy '80s hair bands.
    — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 30 July 2023
  • Throw it back this Halloween with a nod to grungy '80s hair bands.
    — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Her take on the grungy track first appeared in the second season’s fourth episode.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2023
  • The 11 host cities, many still grungy not long ago, are resplendent.
    — Fox News, 20 June 2018
  • The days of the grungy pain cave or the unfinished basement with a dusty weight bench are over.
    — Laurel J. Benedum, ELLE Decor, 25 Sep. 2020
  • As the 2000s set in, the artist’s style took on a more grungy approach.
    — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 27 June 2025
  • Denim platforms can be grungy in one look, sweetly rustic with the next.
    — Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 Apr. 2022
  • This is light and bright, but a little bit grungy too, with plenty of attitude.
    — Elle Turner, Glamour, 17 Apr. 2021
  • Speck expects to see these grungy punk rock bangs make a comeback in 2023.
    — Loren Savini, Allure, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Return to menu If your fence looks grungy, scrub and hose it off, or use a power washer.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023
  • From alté-chic to craft core down to grungy looks, the character-heavy dressing was at its peak.
    — Ekow Barnes, Essence, 2 Oct. 2022
  • To create a grungy smokey eye, draw it on your lash line — top and bottom — and then use your finger to smudge it.
    — Jessica Ourisman, Allure, 22 Aug. 2022
  • No, not grungy, but just bass-heavy and 808, and drums and just mad, hard percussions.
    — Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
  • And the final shade, Espresso, is a sheer dark brown that's grungy and cozy in equal measure.
    — Elle Turner, Glamour, 31 Oct. 2023
  • To give it an authentically retro feel, pair it up with low-rise jeans and a grungy grommet belt.
    — Kelsey Stiegman, Glamour, 27 May 2026
  • Across the track listing, the instrument knits acoustic doilies, emits weed-smoke hazes, and grunts out grungy chords.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2021
  • Back then, the small enclave was still grungy, with a downtown full of cheap breakfast joints and bars that only took cash.
    — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 28 July 2024
  • Fallon wondered of the gritty, grungy album.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The grungy wash was also applied to baggy cargo jeans, a moto jacket and more.
    — Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 7 Oct. 2025

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