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Recent Examples of grime
Noun
Finish with rinsing the peroxide and any leftover grime with water. Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 23 Nov. 2024 Its innovative design is sturdy, sharp, and safe, perfect for scraping off grime, stickers, and gunk without scratching. Claire Rutter, Rolling Stone, 22 Nov. 2024 As days went by and dirt, dog waste and grime piled up in the Produce Hotel in Skid Row, Jermaine Staley broke into the janitorial closet. Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024 Keep rubber seals and the door clean with a damp cloth to prevent soil and grime from building up. Nora Colomer, Fox News, 4 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for grime 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grime
Noun
  • Tight clothing—especially if not freshly washed—can trap dirt, sweat, and bacteria on the skin, leading to acne breakouts.21 Keeping your skin free from restricting fabric at night might help aid clearer skin.
    Cristina Mutchler, Health, 2 Dec. 2024
  • This compact skin-care device combines soft silicone and pulsations to break down oil, dirt, and sweat thoroughly.
    Annie Blackman, Allure, 2 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • No, his worst error—and the thing that will forever stain what was otherwise an admirable presidency—was his failure to arrest former President Donald Trump on Jan. 21, 2021.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 29 Nov. 2024
  • These works, stained with mud and dyes, choreograph one’s movement around the gallery (shared with Caccuri) in the absence of easy sightlines.
    Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 28 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • He’s earned the right to lift his cape out of the muck and leave Rome behind.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The Steelers thrive in the muck of turnovers, penalties and third-down failure.
    Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 18 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Instead, Walz seems to have little to say about factory farming dirtying the state’s waterways.
    Kenny Torrella, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
  • Garments can be dirtied again by the elements if air-dried outside.
    Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 July 2024
Noun
  • Possibly an easier and often onetime treatment is a systemic insecticide found at garden centers to use as a spray or soil treatment following the label.
    Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Property acquisitions and building renovations create a vast landscape filled with diverse challenges, from soil contamination and unsafe water to hazardous structures and other environmental risks.
    Ethan Stone, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • But the wreckage remains — some 243 structures destroyed, a quarter of Ventura County’s avocado groves blackened, power lines downed, miles of irrigation pipes melted ... and a beloved perennial nursery in Somis burned and nearly shuttered.
    Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
  • Characters like Felix and Oswald have kind of an unfortunate connection to theater insofar as they’re associated with blackface minstrelsy—the notoriously racist form of stage performance where actors would blacken their faces, wear white gloves, and perform clownish antics.
    Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 9 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • So settle in for some real filth from the Pope of Trash, and queue up the marathon.
    Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 29 Nov. 2024
  • The statue might be the first time New Yorkers have anything to fear from pigeons aside from perhaps their filth.
    Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2024

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“Grime.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grime. Accessed 13 Dec. 2024.

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