Sentence examples similar to dirty years from inspiring English sources

In terms of political scandal, 2008 might not have been the sleaziest or the dirtiest year.

Mafia ties, arrests and other scandals kept his hands dirty for years.

It could be argued that, in this way, Eggers's influence on young writers coming out of the creative writing departments of the universities (and posting things on the McSweeney's website in their hundreds) is as pervasive as Raymond Carver's was in the austere, cut-to-the-marrow, sackcloth-and-ashes, "dirty realist" years of the 1980s.

Even the most demanding of selectors could compile a suite of 10 worldbeaters from Prince's pre-fame dirty mac years alone, or from songs written by Prince and made famous by other artists – not only Nothing Compares 2 U but also the Bangles' Manic Monday and Chaka Khan's I Feel For You. Or why not the 1999 to Batman Imperial period of MTV and effortless global hits?

If you are shipped off to Iraq for our latest war there, remember that the Sunni population you will be targeting is reacting to a U.S.-backed Shia regime in Baghdad that's done them dirty for years.

The feisty (dirty?) sixth-year pro relishes all forms of hand-to-hand combat.

He later confessed that he found the attention difficult to handle, and referred to the post-Dirty Dancing years, during which he drank heavily and took drugs, as his "Crazy Swayze" period.

I lived with that dirty knowledge for years.

Shaquille O'Neal called Ferry "sewer dirty" a few years ago.

"We need more dams".Dam has been a dirty word for years.

The mural had never been defaced, but had gotten dirty with the years.