Grime

Examples

• Perhaps most noticeable is cleanliness and the absolute absence of dirt and grime in using pure electric heat. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Collar and shirt bore the grime of a long journey, and the hair bristled unkempt from the well-shaped head. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• He was, as the inspector had said, extremely dirty, but the grime which covered his face could not conceal its repulsive ugliness. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• The tears ran straight down on each side of his nose on the powder-grimed slope of his face and his nose was running, too. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• I am aware that this is a pretty voluminous notice of Mr. Grimes' book. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Commend me to Fennimore Cooper to find beauty in the Indians, and to Grimes to find it in the Arabs. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Grimes' hairbreadth escapes from Bedouins, but I think I could read them now without a tremor. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Is it the province of Mr. Grimes to improve upon the work? Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• They borrowed the idea--and the words--and the construction--and the punctuation--from Grimes. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Those pilgrims had been reading Grimes. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I love to quote from Grimes, because he is so dramatic. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.

Typist: Zamenhof