dirty
adjective
have dirtied
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present perfectof dirty.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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We have dirtied our hands enough with lucre.
From Time Magazine Archive
I've played a part I never thought to play; I've done a thing I never thought to have dirtied my hands in the doing, and I'm sorry and ashamed for it.
From The Trail of '98 A Northland Romance by Robert W. (Robert William) Service
She walked quickly along, looking defiantly before her, carrying her head erect, and stepping carefully from cobblestone to cobblestone, avoiding the mud, which could have dirtied her dainty shoes.
From I Will Repay by Emmuska Orczy, Baroness Orczy
You will pass very well for young fishermen, messieurs," he said, "when you have dirtied your faces and hands a bit, and rubbed your hair the wrong way, all over your head.
From Under Wellington's Command A Tale of the Peninsular War by Walter Paget
Not I. I have dirtied my share of spades myself; but I slipped my leash and went self-hunting.
From The Saint's Tragedy by Charles Kingsley
