have dirtied
- present perfect of dirty.
Example Sentences
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We have dirtied our hands enough with lucre.
From Time Magazine Archive
Your friend, little Moore, You have dirtied before, But you know that in safety you write: You've declared in your lines, That revenge he declines, For the poor little man will not fight.
From The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 by Prothero, Rowland E. (Rowland Edmund), Baron Ernle
One day a gentleman who paid a visit to Mr. Fitzwarren, happened to have dirtied his shoes, and begged they might be cleaned.
From Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk by Ford, Robert
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 Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness
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 Kingsley, Charles
