Example Sentences

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Such is the desperation within this camp that John McTernan, former adviser to Tony Blair, has dirtied his knees by coming crawling to yours truly.

From The Guardian • Sep. 7, 2014

Just look!" he said, "the miserable brute has dirtied that angel.

From The White Peacock by Lawrence, D. H. (David Herbert)

I wonder which of us has dirtied his hands the most.

From The Slave of the Lamp by Merriman, Henry Seton