Sentence examples for grubby practices from inspiring English sources

Recent scandals such as the Trafigura toxic waste dumping scandal serve as a reminder that grubby practices still continue behind the scenes.

At that time, Keogh said there was "a cacophony of concern across society" about the industry's behaviour and voiced worries that there were "some pretty grubby practices going on".

There's enough traffic, at any rate, to guarantee work for Eric Ward, a lawyer who has a rich wife and a stake in a big merchant bank but maintains an old-fashioned commitment to his own "miserable practice in Newcastle, dealing with the grubby underbelly of Tyneside life".

Just less grubby.

Politics is a grubby business.

Shabby, grubby Birmingham?

Nothing grubby for me!

A dishcloth hangs from his grubby apron.

All of this for our grubby amusement.

I feel slightly grubby having done it".

East Berlin seemed half empty and grubby.