How to Use gritty in a Sentence

gritty

adjective

• He gave us all of the gritty details of his divorce.
• The book describes the gritty realities of life on the streets.
• I admire her gritty determination to succeed.
• And his gritty, do-it-all style thrives in the playoffs.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 11 May 2024
• While not possessing the strength of the gods, Stone is still a badass and isn’t afraid to get gritty.
  — Kaely Monahan, The Arizona Republic, 11 Aug. 2023
• There's no skimping on the gritty details of the rise of the Flenorys.
  — Julie Hinds, Freep.com, 18 Mar. 2022
• Then, with Fisher watching in the stands, the Aztecs got gritty.
  — John Marshall, ajc, 2 Apr. 2023
• The gritty cop drama has a car chase hailed as one of the best ever put on film.
  — Ben Flanagan | [e-mail], al, 7 Aug. 2023
• The atmosphere of the restaurant is gritty and a bit goth-punk.
  — Helen Rosner, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2023
• Her gritty and raw style of play has carried her to this point.
  — Dallas News, 2 Mar. 2023
• The film shows the nitty-gritty of his job and how Seo-rae jolts him out of his routine.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 18 Oct. 2022
• Take Earth 42, where the world was heavy and gritty with a noir aesthetic.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 10 Nov. 2023
• At home, the hunt for mosaics has sent Mr. Latrasse, 43, along medieval streets and to the city’s gritty edges.
  — Catherine Porter, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2023
• The Heat were, as coach Erik Spoelstra promised, a gritty, tenacious bunch.
  — Time, 13 June 2023
• The series itself is meant to be a gritty, teeming portrait of the city, from the rich down to the homeless.
  — Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 30 May 2024
• On the big screen, Daniels has also come a long way from his gritty indie roots.
  — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Oct. 2024
• The film is gritty but it’s still got the heart of a traditional romcom.
  — Carole Horst, Variety, 31 Oct. 2023
• The gritty Heat led for most of the game, but the Nuggets fought back in the third quarter and only trailed 71-70 entering the fourth quarter.
  — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 13 June 2023
• To round out the top 10, Utah — which for about 58 minutes played the part of many West Coast teams who head east — mounted the grittiest win of the week.
  — Tony Garcia, Detroit Free Press, 10 Sep. 2023
• Knicks The Villanova bros are the grittiest group in years.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 5 May 2024
• The stakes of your survival, in their modern, gritty detail.
  — Kevin Purdy, Ars Technica, 10 Feb. 2023
• This team all year has been gritty and contended with almost any team in the NFL.
  — Chris Ilenstine, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2023
• The movie takes place in the gritty underworld of Ryme City, where humans and Pokémon live side-by-side.
  — Keith Langston, Peoplemag, 10 Aug. 2024
• Prior to the goal, Anton Lundell did the gritty work to keep the puck in the Oilers’ zone to set everything up.
  — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 15 June 2024
• Time takes some of the edge off what was, for many, a gritty period of creativity against the odds.
  — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 30 Mar. 2023
• Slater sees a lot of his pal reflected in the Vikings, a team that celebrates with the Griddy and is gritty.
  — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Nov. 2022
• On the fringes, slash-and-burn farming has scarred the hillsides, sending red dust and gritty sand over the landscape when the dry-season winds blow.
  — Caroline Chen, ProPublica, 7 Mar. 2023
• The comparisons between the gritty Puka Nacua and the out-of-nowhere Cooper Kupp are inevitable and valid.
  — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2023
• Black Dog was a case of the latter, with dark humor framing its gritty tale of an ex-con returning to his rural hometown to start his life again.
  — Mathew Scott, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Nov. 2024
• If the cheese is added all at once, and/or if the pan is still on the stove, the cheese won’t incorporate into the soup properly, resulting in a clumpy/separated soup with a gritty texture.
  — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 7 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Dec 2024