dingier; dingiest
Examples of dingy in a Sentence
He's been staying in a dingy motel.
the bed sheets were pretty dingy so we threw them in the laundry pile
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These machines blast away years of grime, dirt, mildew, and even stubborn stains, transforming dingy and dull surfaces into sparkling clean ones in mere minutes.
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Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 May 2025
Torry’s candidly dumpy, dingy, dated, wood panel lined courtroom allowed for the placement of contemporary art and the banging of nails into walls which would have been forbidden in one of the ornate ground floor courtrooms.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
Pictures shared by investigators show a dingy basement lit by a single bulb, with hooked metal chains dangling from wooden beams overhead.
—Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2025
In the opening moments of the eighth episode, Nina (Rachel Hilson) awakens chained to rusty pipes in a dingy warehouse after her cover as Russian interpreter is blown.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 4 July 2025
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Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 May 2025
Torry’s candidly dumpy, dingy, dated, wood panel lined courtroom allowed for the placement of contemporary art and the banging of nails into walls which would have been forbidden in one of the ornate ground floor courtrooms.
—Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
Pictures shared by investigators show a dingy basement lit by a single bulb, with hooked metal chains dangling from wooden beams overhead.
—Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 29 Apr. 2025
In the opening moments of the eighth episode, Nina (Rachel Hilson) awakens chained to rusty pipes in a dingy warehouse after her cover as Russian interpreter is blown.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 4 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for dingy
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“Dingy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dingy. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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