dirty
adjective
dirtiness
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a word derived from
dirty.
Example Sentences
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“I think that takes away a lot of the dirtiness of it because, you know, you’re wiping it down for them, you’re cleaning it before you give them something.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
Mother-of-four Angelina Fosu, who has lived in James Turner Street since 2017, said: "The dirtiness and the rats are too much - inside the house, in our rooms. They need to clean the streets."
From BBC ● Feb. 29, 2024
Predictably, each side saw dirtiness in the play through its own prism.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 9, 2021
“The dirtiness of corruption in the middle of a humanitarian tragedy is something more shocking and much closer to people’s real suffering,” he said.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 5, 2021
She cocked her head, now keenly aware of her wretched dirtiness.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
