How to Use dingy in a Sentence

dingy

adjective
Definition of dingynext
Synonyms for dingynext
  • He's been staying in a dingy motel.
  • In the ’90s, most of the city had a dingy, low-rent feel.
    — Bill Powell, Newsweek, 18 May 2017
  • Next door there was a very dingy hotel to rent by the hour.
    — Nicole Acheampong, New York Times, 26 June 2024
  • Not the dingy kind of dim, rather the cozy kind that invites you to sit down and stay a while.
    — Philip Freeman, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2024
  • Freshen with paint: Over time, the walls can start to look dull and dingy.
    — Taylor Walcik, Dallas News, 5 June 2022
  • The New Moms Group sits in a circle on a faux-fur rug in the homey, dingy back room.
    — Karen Russell, The New Yorker, 4 June 2017
  • Both start out as a brown dingy moths that fly in to lay eggs among the plantings.
    — Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 24 June 2017
  • That dingy old gym was now a sparkling hoops cathedral.
    — Stefan Stevenson, star-telegram, 15 Mar. 2018
  • But the palette is often as dingy as the sets, which fits the story but is hard on the eyes.
    — Manohla Dargis, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Spawn bags have been the best bet casting to waters that have been a bit dingy in spots.
    — cleveland.com, 2 Feb. 2018
  • But just beyond the banks, the hillsides, which had been dingy brown during the drought, were green and lush.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2023
  • There’s nothing like clutter to make a room feel cramped and dingy.
    — Brigitt Earley, Good Housekeeping, 20 May 2019
  • On the morning of Feb. 15, Bragg was back in the dingy courtroom where Trump was first arraigned.
    — Michael Rothfeld Emily Woo Zeller Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
  • But like his Big Tech brethren, Galperin spun gold from the dingiest of spaces.
    — Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Their route took them under the dingy, blocklong viaduct along 63rd Street near State Street.
    — Megan Crepeau, chicagotribune.com, 23 May 2018
  • Under that light, my cart looked dingy, my sneakers old and gray.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 16 Apr. 2018
  • The concrete-and-turf bunker that Gynzhul lives in is accessed via a door on a grassy mound and a dingy, steep staircase.
    — Naomi Schanen, Washington Post, 2 Mar. 2023
  • The floors, hallways, kitchen, play area and living room space was cluttered, dirty and dingy.
    — Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2018
  • Around here, the stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame are dingy, dirty and, in some cases, cracked and damaged.
    — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Like him, the dingy white roadside inn — built in the 1930s by a fellow Mason — had weathered a lot.
    — Brianna Sacks, Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2023
  • My cramped and dingy kitchen overflowed with the shiny new tools: a paring knife, a chef’s knife, a cutting board, a Dutch oven.
    — James Lynch, Popular Mechanics, 15 Jan. 2018
  • In the BVI, at most mooring spots, a local would come by in a dingy to sell us ice or collect garbage for a fee.
    — Ann Maloney, NOLA.com, 12 July 2017
  • Expect big ships, dingy factories, and lots and lots of coal.
    — Brad Chacos, PCWorld, 11 June 2018
  • Some young birds’ legs may be dingy black with some greenish areas.
    — Taylor Piephoff, charlotteobserver, 11 July 2018
  • Say goodbye to dingy clothes and unpleasant smells, and hello to a fresh, clean wardrobe.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Remember that the dingier the water, the slower the approach should be.
    — Andrew Pegman, Field & Stream, 10 Apr. 2020
  • Across the street from the hotel is a discount shopping center; the area is filled with narrow, dingy shops and hookah bars.
    — Adam Davidson, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2017
  • At the station on Linwood, the signs and overhead canopy are dingy and weather-beaten.
    — Aaron Randle, kansascity, 4 Mar. 2018
  • Its white backgrounds are pristine instead of dingy, and there's no pixelation around the edges of letters.
    — Eric Grevstad, PCMAG, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Or swap a dingy old pullover for this oversized crewneck sweatshirt that’s equally comfortable but far more polished.
    — Clara McMahon, People.com, 5 Oct. 2024

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