dingier; dingiest
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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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The dingy swan song was a long way from the glory days at Freedom Center, when all the presses would be humming, tended by dozens of operators, printing more than a million copies of the Sunday Chicago Tribune alone.
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Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2024
One by one they are cajoled into participating, their unexpectedly lovely, untrained voices elevating the dingy surroundings.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 18 May 2024
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Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2024
One by one they are cajoled into participating, their unexpectedly lovely, untrained voices elevating the dingy surroundings.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 18 May 2024
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“Dingy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dingy. Accessed 1 Jun. 2024.
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