How to Use dirt cheap in a Sentence

dirt cheap

adjective or adverb
  • The music is dirt cheap, but the cost of tickets to a live performance is out of site.
    Randy Blaser, chicagotribune.com, 14 Nov. 2019
  • There’s nothing there, after all, and that means land is dirt cheap.
    Mike Wehner, BGR, 18 Mar. 2021
  • It’s about double that for landing on Baltic, but still dirt cheap.
    Scott Burns, Dallas News, 25 Apr. 2021
  • Some of those tickets sold out in mere minutes, so don't sleep on these dirt cheap fares.
    Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 Aug. 2019
  • Some of our favorite makeup products are on sale for dirt cheap for the next two days.
    Rebecca Carhart, PEOPLE.com, 21 June 2021
  • And then there's the trusty, old-school Opinel, which is equal parts fantastic, simple, and dirt cheap.
    Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics, 25 Jan. 2017
  • But unlike quinoa—which costs about $8 per box—sweet potatoes are dirt cheap.
    Marygrace Taylor, Woman's Day, 24 Nov. 2014
  • Cyber Monday is one of the best times to get an Amazon device for dirt cheap.
    Christina Butan, PEOPLE.com, 29 Nov. 2021
  • The permits to place the equipment are dirt cheap to telecoms, only costing $300.
    Mitchell Clark, The Verge, 25 Jan. 2021
  • For the budget-conscious, this wired controller is dirt cheap and comes in a wide variety of colors.
    Eric Ravenscraft, Wired, 29 Nov. 2021
  • Gas was dirt cheap last spring because highways sat empty during the height of the pandemic.
    Matt Egan, CNN, 8 July 2021
  • Tons of kids' toys are on sale right now for dirt cheap as well, including this Lego set and this LeapFrog interactive book.
    Rebecca Carhart, PEOPLE.com, 21 June 2021
  • The trouble is, there are hundreds of drive options ranging from dirt cheap to crazy expensive—which one is right for your needs?
    Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Not only is that dirt cheap, but Burks can’t negotiate or hold out until after the third year.
    Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Apr. 2022
  • For years, interest rates were at rock bottom and borrowing was dirt cheap.
    Julia Horowitz, CNN, 17 Nov. 2022
  • But none of that is likely to deter Mr. Putin in the world of cyberweapons, which are dirt cheap and give him an instrument of power each and every day.
    New York Times, 17 June 2021
  • Their biggest concern is losing parts to backpackers on tourist visas who are willing to work dirt cheap.
    Vulture, 1 June 2022
  • At the height of the coronavirus pandemic last year, the cost of energy was dirt cheap as roads and airports sat nearly empty.
    Faith Karimi, CNN, 12 Oct. 2021
  • Most recently, the group won in the telecom sector by offering data at dirt cheap prices.
    Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz India, 3 June 2020
  • Once flying microchips become dirt cheap, things would go much further.
    Joe Queenan, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2021
  • One caveat: these phones are often dirt cheap so don’t expect the quality or convenience of a $500 smartphone.
    Brooke Crothers, Fox News, 20 Apr. 2018
  • The eCommerce platform that operates at Wish.com specializes in dirt cheap products and the stock hasn’t been a barn burner for much of this year either.
    Chris Morris, Fortune, 11 June 2021
  • Using the same method, a Helicobacter vaccine against malaria would be dirt cheap.
    Pamela Weintraub, Discover Magazine, 7 Apr. 2010
  • Airlines are dirt cheap but that is because the market frets about a price war and the chance of tighter antitrust regulation, not about disruption.
    The Economist, 30 Sep. 2017
  • But in an expensive market, this stock is dirt cheap, logging in at 0.8 times book value, nine times earnings, and 1.1 times revenue.
    John Dorfman, Forbes, 8 Nov. 2021
  • There are a number of excellent options, but prices can range from dirt cheap to exorbitant.
    Jacob Siegal, BGR, 3 June 2021
  • Throwback Thursday For sale: brick apartment building, dirt cheap.
    Morning Brief, The Seattle Times, 19 July 2018
  • Case supports wireless charging, and replacement ear tips are dirt cheap.
    courant.com, 22 Nov. 2019
  • Some catalog brokers offer their services dirt cheap with promises of speeding the process along at a lightning-fast pace.
    Alex Heiche, Rolling Stone, 27 May 2021
  • Fire TV Edition sets tend to be dirt cheap, under $250, while still offering 4K resolution.
    Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2020

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