Sentence examples for begrime from inspiring English sources

'begrime' is a correct and usable word in written English.
It means to make dirty or grimy. Example: After spending the entire day working in the dusty attic, my clothes were begrimed and my hair was filled with cobwebs.

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begrime

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To make something dirty; to soil

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Some of his choices are typically poetic ("golden," "wind," "alabaster"), others speak to his scientific temperament ("astrolabe," "terraqueous," "sublunary," "alembic"), and others — the most appealing — feel purely idiosyncratic ("begrime," "diapason," "inspissated").

And while the creator, director and co-author, Yael Farber, has done a fine job of framing these recollections in theatrical terms that provide both variety and unity, the show's ending, a collective ritual in which the actors begrime themselves with the dust of history and then wash it off, feels overextended and strained.

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Social reformers failed to be moved by the likes of the commonplace sweeper Jo in "Bleak House": "Homely filth begrimes him, homely parasites devour him, homely sores are in him, homely rags are on him".

Current backing singer/foil Franky Riley single-handedly delivers Overcome, begriming the 1995 single with layers of murk, and Jamaican toaster Terry Lynn spits out the bleak Kingston Logic, one of the highlights of the new album, Mixed Race.

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