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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Area rugs can help protect high-traffic areas from becoming worn, faded, or dingy over time.
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Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
The gay window dresser Molina shares his dingy prison cell with the straight revolutionary activist Valentin and entertains him with dramatic fantasies surrounding his favorite movie star, the diva Ingrid Luna.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 9 Oct. 2025
Leave downtown to find a couple of pearls tucked into dingy strip malls.
—Peter Cameron, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
The couple spent 118 days — nearly four months — on their raft and dingy in the open water before they were rescued by chance by a passing Korean vessel.
—Susan Young, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 2025
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Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
The gay window dresser Molina shares his dingy prison cell with the straight revolutionary activist Valentin and entertains him with dramatic fantasies surrounding his favorite movie star, the diva Ingrid Luna.
—Stephen Schaefer, Boston Herald, 9 Oct. 2025
Leave downtown to find a couple of pearls tucked into dingy strip malls.
—Peter Cameron, New York Times, 8 Oct. 2025
The couple spent 118 days — nearly four months — on their raft and dingy in the open water before they were rescued by chance by a passing Korean vessel.
—Susan Young, PEOPLE, 9 Sep. 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 19 Oct. 2025.
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