grime
noun
dirt, soot, or other filthy matter, especially adhering to or embedded in a surface.
grimed
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past participleof grime.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof grime.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
grimenoundirt, soot, or other filthy matter, especially adhering to or embedded in a surface.
Example Sentences
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Peter's troubles and the damage he causes are terrible in close-up, but seen through a broader lens grimed up by reality, they're almost tolerable.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2020
Wong’s works are as outré as Tseng’s are hermetic, landscapes that obscure the painter and take in the men — usually men, mostly Latino — behind the grimed facades of Manhattan’s then-frayed edges.
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2018
Scrap that off-brand toaster oven they’ve grimed up beyond recognition and buy them Cuisinart’s CSO-300 Steam Oven, capable of cutting cooking times by 40 percent.
From Newsweek
The little white Methodist church at Normandie Avenue and 38th Street in Los Angeles is grimed and paint-peeled on the outside, dusty and scuffed within.
From Time Magazine Archive
Glancing at his fingertips, he saw that they were grimed a pale gray.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
