Example Sentences

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The tenant spoke up and said he had been doing dishes, and did not care who had dirtied them.

From Washington Post • Mar. 29, 2023

By then, pollution from those new industries had dirtied the water.

From Salon • Nov. 23, 2022

Dust from along the skirting board had dirtied her hands and the back of her dress.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

At length Boche appeared with a pot of pansies and Madame Boche with a pot of mignonette; then came Madame Lerat with a balm-mint, the pot of which had dirtied her violet merino dress.

From L'Assommoir by Zola, Émile

She said so one day that us got into our beds, and she said us had dirtied them with our shoes.

From Us An Old Fashioned Story by Molesworth, Mrs.