How to Use grungy in a Sentence

grungy

adjective

• After working in the garden all day, I felt sweaty and grungy.
• Come for the grungy Biloxi setting; stay for the stun grenade.
  — Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2017
• None of that bothered me as much as how grungy the place was.
  — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 17 May 2018
• Throw it back this Halloween with a nod to grungy '80s hair bands.
  — Katie Bowlby, Country Living, 30 July 2023
• The days of the grungy pain cave or the unfinished basement with a dusty weight bench are over.
  — Laurel J. Benedum, ELLE Decor, 25 Sep. 2020
• The 11 host cities, many still grungy not long ago, are resplendent.
  — Fox News, 20 June 2018
• Her take on the grungy track first appeared in the second season’s fourth episode.
  — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 21 July 2023
• And the final shade, Espresso, is a sheer dark brown that's grungy and cozy in equal measure.
  — Elle Turner, Glamour, 31 Oct. 2023
• Speck expects to see these grungy punk rock bangs make a comeback in 2023.
  — Loren Savini, Allure, 2 Feb. 2023
• Name a doomed damsel, and a swath of grungy blue is sure to be plastered somewhere nearby.
  — Emily Leibert, Allure, 25 Jan. 2024
• The setting may be grungy, but the takeaway is clear: Sivan’s style can brighten up any room.
  — Rachel Hahn, Vogue, 20 July 2018
• Pair it with a short sleeve shirt, worn open, for a grunge-inspired look that is anything but grungy.
  — Todd Plummer, Robb Report, 23 June 2023
• The roll call of films ranges from the highbrow to the decidedly grungy, the menu of a true movie fanatic.
  — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2023
• Yves Saint Laurent Touche Éclat gets out all your grim, grungy bits, like the bags under your eyes.
  — Daniel Jackson, Allure, 12 Dec. 2017
• Parts of the West Wing can feel grungy and old, and look as if they have been repainted far too often.
  — Sarah Ellison, The Hive, 19 June 2017
• Pieces of electrical tape mark three Xs on the grungy tan floor at Sun Studio.
  — Ken Budd, Washington Post, 25 May 2022
• Then add some white knee-high socks covered in (fake) blood, and grungy Dr. Martens Mary Jane platforms.
  — Victoria Montalti, refinery29.com, 10 May 2024
• Ashley was curled up on the couch in her baggiest sweats, grungy and grumpy from a day of travel.
  — Caitlin Wallace, kansascity, 24 Jan. 2018
• To create a grungy smokey eye, draw it on your lash line — top and bottom — and then use your finger to smudge it.
  — Jessica Ourisman, Allure, 22 Aug. 2022
• The iconic fashion statement still packs a grungy punch.
  — Liana Satenstei, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2021
• Return to menu If your fence looks grungy, scrub and hose it off, or use a power washer.
  — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023
• Many of these records can be heard near the surface of Nirvana’s music, filtered through a sieve of grungy rage.
  — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 7 Dec. 2023
• Across the track listing, the instrument knits acoustic doilies, emits weed-smoke hazes, and grunts out grungy chords.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Sep. 2021
• From alté-chic to craft core down to grungy looks, the character-heavy dressing was at its peak.
  — Ekow Barnes, Essence, 2 Oct. 2022
• Back then, the small enclave was still grungy, with a downtown full of cheap breakfast joints and bars that only took cash.
  — Graham Averill, Outside Online, 28 July 2024
• But, The Weeknd still slid in some of his classic grungy-sensual vibes right under our noses.
  — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 7 Feb. 2021
• This is light and bright, but a little bit grungy too, with plenty of attitude.
  — Elle Turner, Glamour, 17 Apr. 2021
• Their look, unkempt and grungy, is far from the professional styling of the groups that most of the world associates with K-pop.
  — Jin Yu Young, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2024
• The grungy excess of Yeule’s songs can be euphoric as well as doleful, and the crowd wasn’t shy about chanting and jumping along.
  — Isabelia Herrera, Pitchfork, 19 Mar. 2024
• Denim platforms can be grungy in one look, sweetly rustic with the next.
  — Halie Lesavage, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 Apr. 2022

Last Updated: 6 Dec 2024