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Meanings of dirtying in English
Portuguese
contaminação Catalan
sollament Synonyms
Examples for "soiling"
Examples for "soiling"
1
It exists everywhere in legions; crowding, soiling everything, like flies in summer.
2
He never runs for office-he leaves that risky, soiling task to underlings.
3
Wounded in three places, blood was soiling his linen and his clothes.
4
Not just because, of fingerprints now, but from fear of soiling himself.
5
Small ones, you think, but we will depend almost entirely upon soiling.
1
That love knew no soilure in the passage of the years.
2
The delicate "baby blue" attracted him by its perishability, its suggestion of impossible refinements beyond the soilure and dust of his own grimy circumstances.
Usage of dirtying in English
1
It is unfortunate that life has a way of dirtying the glass.
2
Anna wore muslin gloves to prevent the newsprint from dirtying her fingers.
3
But I'm not going to have cowards like you dirtying my deck-planks.
4
In the kitchen it's good for a quick sip without dirtying a glass.
5
And believe me, I don't want it dirtying up this Dominion.
6
She is intent on dirtying everything, everything I felt for her.
7
If you don't mind dirtying your bags, that's to say.
8
The house was full of dignitaries and they didn't want paupers dirtying their Persian rugs.
9
Owein stood awkwardly, not wanting to embrace her for fear of dirtying her even more.
10
I can dirty my own hands, but I don't like the idea of dirtying yours.
11
To keep from dirtying her dress, she had to sit with her back ramrod straight.
12
They are quite new; but I have been dirtying them, outside, to make them look natural.
13
Now get up and stop dirtying my road.
14
A microwave comes in handy here to steam the spinach and save dirtying an extra pan.
15
But Amalisa was not readying herself for the feast by dirtying her dress in a storeroom.
16
He blames us for dirtying his image but he is doing a great job of it himself.
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Frequent collocations
Dirtying through the time