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• The building's backside faced an alley and was covered in grime and graffiti.From the entry backside
• She told the children to take a bath and wash off the mud and grime.From the entry take a bath
• Stop the armshouse!" she berates ("armshouse" being grime slang for violence).2005 August, Simon Reynolds, “A Life of Grime”, in Sia Michel, editor, Spin, New York, N.Y.: Spin Magazine, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 86. From the entry armshouse
• Huge feet, gray with grime, and big fat toes: a footful of thumbs drumming the pavement.1993, Marvin Kaye, Witches & Warlocks, →ISBN, page 401. From the entry footful
• Being now obscured, Soiled with the grime of chores, unbeautified, She shows true gold.1985, Epphiphanus Wilson, The Great Classics of India. From the entry goodlihood
• Grimes sitting beyond the pale, on the silent side of the bar.1952, Truman Nelson, The Sin of the Prophet, page 48. From the entry alertable
• The light a grime that gives him a slight headache.2007, Constantine Sult, chapter 1, in The Murder of Linen, [United States]: Brown Paper Publishing, page 1. From the entry afterthought
• Grime events have a reputation for trouble.2005 August, Simon Reynolds, “A Life of Grime”, in Sia Michel, editor, Spin, New York, N.Y.: Spin Magazine, →ISSN, →OCLC, page 86. From the entry armshouse
• Grime MC Stormzy has expressed his dismay at Theresa May, calling her a “paigon” at the GQ men of the year awards.2017 September 6, Ben Beaumont-Thomas, “Stormzy: 'Theresa May is a paigon'”, in The Guardian. From the entry paigon
• He peeled his work gloves and rubbed his hands compulsively until tiny black sweatballs of grime dropped away like scattered grains of pepper.2010, Stephen Jones, The Dead That Walk: Zombie Stories, page 128. From the entry sweatball
• Acid house, hard-core, drum 'n' bass, UK garage, grime, and dubstep are just a handful of now worldwide underground movements that developed in this way.2008, Matt Mason, The Pirate's Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism. From the entry dubstep
• He is known for MCing in grime music, and is also associated with the grindie scene which combines influences from grime, with indie rock.2008, Damien Morgan, Hip Hop Had a Dream, volume 1, page 345. From the entry grindie
• The music is precise but never sterile--no one zeros in on the elusive grime and ghostly humanity in digitalia like Vainio and Vaisanen.2006 September 8, Peter Margasak, “Pan Sonic”, in Chicago Reader. From the entry digitalia
• Then he wet a corner of his sleeve, and cleaned the grime and blood-clot and cobweb off his face and hands as best he could.1971, Ursula K. Le Guin, The Tombs of Atuan, →ISBN. From the entry catbath
• The milk tank wagons are owned by the various dairy companies whose names they carry on small plates barely decipherable beneath the grime.1959 March, R. C. Riley, “Home with the Milk”, in Trains Illustrated, page 155. From the entry decipherable
• He touched his nose and cheek, felt the crust of grime and chapped skin, and wondered how Agaratz showed no signs of the cold they had been through together.2012, John Hart, Mammoth Boy, page 106. From the entry spreathe
• The stench of stale beer, acrid cigar smoke, spilt whiskey, and misspat plugs of chewing tobacco pawed her, leaving the sticky grime of a thousand miners' hands.1990, Donald Porter, Jubilee Jim and the Wizard of Wall Street, page 120. From the entry misspit
• Later, the second verse sees him dip into rapid, skippy rap flows that underline a sturdy grounding in grime and hip-hop (and reflect a clear desire for fresh technical challenges).2025 July 3, Fred Garratt-Stanley, “Kae Tempest – ‘Self Titled’ review: an inspiring reflection on identity and self-discovery”, in NME. From the entry skippy
• The only problem was, I didn't like the grime and the grease and I was always paranoid about that garage smell when I chilled in the evenings and chirpsed chicks.2011, Alex Wheatle, The Dirty South, page 32. From the entry chirpse

Meaning of grime

1. noun Dirt, grease, soot, etc. that is ingrained and difficult to remove.
2. noun A genre of urban music that emerged in London, England, in the early 2000s, primarily a development of UK garage, dancehall, and hip hop.
3. verb To begrime; to cake with dirt.

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Questions about grime in a sentence

How do you use grime in a sentence?

Grime is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Underneath all that soot, dirt and grime is the true beauty of the church in soft shades of sandstone.”

What is a short sentence with grime?

“Grime events have a reputation for trouble.”

What does grime mean?

Grime means dirt, grease, soot, etc. that is ingrained and difficult to remove.