How to Use crud in a Sentence

crud

noun

• I spent an hour scrubbing the crud off the old stove.
• He complains that there's too much crud on TV these days.
• The caked-on crud will come up with a simple swipe of a sponge.
  — NBC News, 10 Aug. 2017
• Remove any dirty or soiled crud or build up on the front of the mask.
  — Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 31 July 2020
• This gets the crud off and out of them and helps to reveal any defects.
  — Bryce M. Towsley, Field & Stream, 23 June 2020
• And forget closing the bag if a bit of crud gets stuck in there.
  — Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2021
• In many cases, people will catch the flu, feel like crud for a week, and still be fine.
  — Adele Jackson-Gibson, SELF, 25 Oct. 2022
• Start out by removing all the dirt, mud, salt, and crud from your shoes.
  — Hans Aschim, Esquire, 14 Sep. 2015
• Sometimes, with an old bottle, a whole glass of wine was left, so thick was the crud.
  — John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2017
• The crud stays on the surface where it can be hosed off easily.
  — Popmech Editors, Popular Mechanics, 21 Nov. 2019
• The sweeper's dustbin can hold up to 12.5 ounces of crud, and with a push of a button can be emptied when full.
  — Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 2 Feb. 2023
• Over time, crud builds up at the boundary between the anode and electrolyte.
  — Daniel Oberhaus, Wired, 5 Feb. 2020
• The kittens were cold, unable to shiver or cry, and their eyes were covered in crud.
  — Maria Lopez, cleveland, 29 July 2021
• Along with all those skunks, summer comes with a lot of mud and crud that pets dig into and get themselves dirty.
  — Emily Main, Fox News, 11 July 2017
• Gently wipe the exterior of your phone with a clean microfiber cloth to get rid of smudges and crud.
  — Zee Krstic, Good Housekeeping, 6 Jan. 2022
• That’s good news for skiers looking for a quiver-killer — the elusive one ski that can float in deep powder, grip icy groomers and plow through crud.
  — Jason Blevins, The Denver Post, 1 Feb. 2017
• But the 3-in-1 lid is merely a thick plastic top with a seal around the edge, no nooks and crannies to get into, no ridges or lips for crud to hide.
  — Adam Speight, WIRED, 17 Nov. 2022
• This wasn’t a matter of the creeping-crud sprinting from barn to barn, unabated.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Aug. 2019
• Scrubbing out the crud from mass murderers and enslavers.
  — Ishmael Reed, Harper's Magazine, 15 Sep. 2020
• The winter sun is still low, and the shards of light come in sideways on the starboard side, showing every speck of dust and the crud coating the patio windows.
  — Chris Erskine, latimes.com, 2 Mar. 2018
• The planet probably got its start like any other—from a disk of space crud orbiting a star.
  — Scientific American, 6 Sep. 2019
• Heavier skis charge harder, bust through crud easier, and enable you to go faster.
  — Aaron H. Bible, Popular Mechanics, 8 Feb. 2023
• In other news, the Pope wears a pointy hat, anything after Shrek 2 was an abomination and Shkodran Mustafi is still crud.
  — SI.com, 17 July 2019
• While flooding stirs up silt and mud, Cincinnati's treatment plant adds a chemical called alum that makes the crud stick together and sink.
  — Carrie Blackmore Smith, Cincinnati.com, 27 Feb. 2018
• Even Willie Nelson isn't immune from the crazy crud that is currently ailing a great deal of his fellow Texans.
  — Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, 10 Jan. 2018
• The spod flies through the air-centripetal force holds the crud glob in place until splashdown-then the rocker rights itself, raining a sloppy food cloud onto the lake bottom.
  — Kirk Deeter, Field & Stream, 5 Dec. 2020
• In other words, just like an iceberg, most of the suspected saucer's bulk is invisible — hidden by a sea of loose crud.
  — NBC News, 23 June 2018
• Does it make a really significant difference in the amount of corrosive crud left in the bore?
  — Frank Sargeant, AL.com, 9 Dec. 2017
• Natural gas is a fossil fuel, just like the oil that’s refined into gasoline, and burning it can put out some of the same nasty, not-nice-for-humans crud.
  — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2023
• On groomers, crud, and powder alike, the three-dimensionally contoured nose and tail initiate turns with surfy fluidity.
  — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 25 Jan. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024