Used in a Sentence

grubby

How to use grubby in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for grubby.

Editorial note

Get your hands grubby, have some battles, tell a story.

Examples8
Definitions3
Parts of speech2

Quick take

small sculpin of the coast of New England

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of grubby gathered in one view.

noun

small sculpin of the coast of New England

adjective

infested with grubs

adjective

thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; "a miner's begrimed face"; "dingy linen"; "grimy hands"; "grubby little fingers"; "a grungy kitchen"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for grubby.

noun

small sculpin of the coast of New England

adjective

infested with grubs

adjective

thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot; "a miner's begrimed face"; "dingy linen"; "grimy hands"; "grubby little fingers"; "a grungy kitchen"

Example sentences

1

Get your hands grubby, have some battles, tell a story.

2

Malcolm Gladwell would love to get his grubby little hands on that fact!

3

Collect everything you can get your grubby mitts on and sort through it later.

4

I can't remember ever thinking "I want to rub my grubby fingers all over the screen".

5

It is intended to get grubby and trashed, in fact, the psychology works better if it does.

6

I doubt there's a legal issue here, just grubby, low-brow behaviour, which is basically par for the course for Facebook.

7

DNS is broken, and needs either extreme violence to protect its existing fragility, or an awesome technical improvement that will pry the government's grubby fingers off of it for good.

8

Keeping the test objective will prevent the grubby hands of politically motivated ambitious administrators from screwing things up.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use grubby in a sentence?

Get your hands grubby, have some battles, tell a story.

What does grubby mean?

small sculpin of the coast of New England

What part of speech is grubby?

grubby is commonly used as noun, adjective.