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How to use crud in a sentence

15 example sentences · noun, verb, interjection

Crud means dirt, filth or refuse. Example: “Oh, crud! I'm gonna be late for work!”

Examples of crud by meaning

nounDirt, filth or refuse.

  • Crud is caked in the crevices of her jewellery.2018, Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body, Faber & Faber (2020), page 30

verbTo clog with dirt or debris.

  • The covered cardboard boxes held and the packings in the crates suffered no further crudding.2011, Henry Z. Kister, Distillation Troubleshooting, page 203

interjectionNon-vulgar interjection expressing annoyance, anxiety, etc.; sugar, darn.

  • Oh, crud! I'm gonna be late for work!
  • Aw, crud! I have to start all over again!

More sentences with crud

  • A bath is a lovely relaxing event, until the realization that you're soaking in your own crud.From the entry realization
  • You know that crud in the corners of your eyes when you first wake up?2016, Darla Duhaime, Gross Body Stuff, page 16. From the entry gound
  • If he's got some kind of creeping crud, I definitely don't want it.2015, Sylvia Nobel, Forbidden Entry, page 123. From the entry creeping crud
  • PRESIDENT T: I don’t wanna talk no crud in bars.2016 November 16, “Thug Life”, in T on the wing, performed by President T and Tupac Shakur. From the entry bits
  • You can't believe how hard it was right here to get a thousand years of crud out of this carving."2014, Joe Buda, Pilgrims' Passage: Into a New Millennium; Rebuilding the Past. From the entry bear
  • Well written, but a bit plooky and gimboid; not quite a breath of fresh air, but better than slithering crud.2004 October 29, Wally, “S.A.D”, in uk.local.glasgow (Usenet). From the entry plooky
  • The root canal will be done again as soon as I've recovered from my Worldcon dose of con crud.2002 September 19, Julia Jones, “Re: US Dentristy and Optometry”, in rec.arts.sf.fandom (Usenet), message-ID…. From the entry con crud
  • The surrealistic Fudds handle well on hard snow, even at high speeds, but still float nicely in deep snow and crud.1993 September, S.M., “News From Fat City”, in Ski, volume 58, number 1, page 104. From the entry fudd
  • I asked her, one time, if it didn't maybe skeeve her to work for a crud like Duke.1964, Lou Cameron, The Block Busters, page 186. From the entry skeeve
  • Now, refine and combine movements to produce the skiing you desire, whether it be extreme carving, bumps, powder, crud, all-mountain or “off-piste.”2001, Harald R. Harb, Anyone can be an expert skier, page 108. From the entry extreme carving
  • In the heat of the tropics a variety of skin irritations — collectively dubbed the “creeping crud” — gripped with unrelenting tenacity the hides of the tender.1946, Belleau Wood (Aircraft carrier), "Flight Quarters.": The War Story of the U.S.S. Belleau Wood (page 67). From the entry creeping crud

Meaning of crud

  1. noun Dirt, filth or refuse.
  2. noun Something of poor quality.
  3. noun A contemptible person.

Full definition of crud

Questions about crud in a sentence

How do you use crud in a sentence?
Crud is used as a noun, verb and interjection. For example: “Oh, crud! I'm gonna be late for work!”
What is a short sentence with crud?
“Oh, crud! I'm gonna be late for work!”
What does crud mean?
Crud means dirt, filth or refuse.

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