Example Sentences

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In the early ’90s, a distinct penchant for mischief and a grittily glamorous New York edge quickly earned Jacobs the moniker of fashion’s bad boy.

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

But McColgan grittily fought on to reel her in and land her biggest win yet.

From BBC • Aug. 3, 2022

He quickly assumed the stage name of Tabboo! and also busied himself establishing the graphic style of the period with a multitude of grittily elegant posters, announcements and fliers for events at Pyramid and elsewhere.

From New York Times • Mar. 10, 2022

Kenneth Branagh’s autobiographical drama “Belfast” movingly finds a very difficult balance: It’s a film both thoroughly sentimental and grittily real.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 10, 2021

In the near foreground stood Mr. Furnay, wringing his hands and muttering grittily to himself in his own dissonant tongue.

From Clean Break by Aycock, Roger D.