Grime is an English word with synonyms like soil or alter. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Grime meaning
- Dirt, grease, soot, etc. that is ingrained and difficult to remove.
- A genre of urban music that emerged in London, England, in the early 2000s, primarily a development of UK garage, dancehall, and hip hop.
Synonyms of Grime
Using Grime
- The main meaning on this page is: Dirt, grease, soot, etc. that is ingrained and difficult to remove. | A genre of urban music that emerged in London, England, in the early 2000s, primarily a development of UK garage, dancehall, and hip hop.
- Useful related words include: soil, alter, change, bemire.
- In the example corpus, grime often appears in combinations such as: and grime, the grime, grime and.
Context around Grime
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 12 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Grime
- In this selection, "grime" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, nancy, pam, saw, sister, rapper and star stand out and add context to how "grime" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and best grime star awards and and the grime of that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "grime" sits close to words such as abeokuta, abstained and accenture, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with grime
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Clean your lights regularly to remove grime and ensure they're shining brightly. (13 words)
Washing your face every day will help get rid of dirt, grime and oil. (14 words)
You want to feel the dirt, and the sweat, and the grime of that place. (15 words)
The flautist and his fellow young musicians aren’t playing anything regal or solemn — they’re planning to parade through south London’s streets entertaining crowds with an uplifting “coronation carnival” set mixing gospel, jazz, grime, disco and rap. (39 words)
There is an amazing sequence as the blast furnaces pour molten iron into the pig beds and the moulders prepare their sand boxes in an atmosphere of smoke, overpowering heat and grime with scarcely a protective covering in sight. (39 words)
The journalist,who previously called for Britain's national anthem to be replaced with a 'grime banger', said young people interested in the 'values of fairness and representation' were increasingly becoming turned off by the royals. (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
He is also survived by his brother, Ron (Nancy) Grime; sister, Diane (Joel) Michael; and sister, Pam Grime.
The show’s 2017 edition, held at First Direct Arena in Leeds, saw grime rapper Stormzy clean up, winning the best male, best album and best grime star awards.
As layers of dust and grime accumulated over the years, these forgotten treasures held a valuable surprise.
Customers can keep them clean by power washing and scrubbing the work if it shows grime.
Dressed in overalls with their faces covered in grime, these men would likely make the heart of a health and safety inspector skip a beat.
Hailing from National City, Los Shadows have for the better part of a decade put out infectious indie rock with just a dash of grime.
In parallel, he has also developed a catalogue of grime tracks, leading to a finalist finish on the BBC’s Rap Game and some respectable radio attention.
It fits down the waterpipe and collects any hair, food, or grime trapped, which is causing your sink to drain slowly.
On 13 September 2022, three months after being arrested, Thompson was discovered dead inside a dilapidated cell covered in grime and insects.
The flautist and his fellow young musicians aren’t playing anything regal or solemn — they’re planning to parade through south London’s streets entertaining crowds with an uplifting “coronation carnival” set mixing gospel, jazz, grime, disco and rap.
The journalist,who previously called for Britain's national anthem to be replaced with a 'grime banger', said young people interested in the 'values of fairness and representation' were increasingly becoming turned off by the royals.
There is an amazing sequence as the blast furnaces pour molten iron into the pig beds and the moulders prepare their sand boxes in an atmosphere of smoke, overpowering heat and grime with scarcely a protective covering in sight.
This year, four genre categories will be decided by the public via a vote on TikTok – alternative rock act, hip hop rap grime act, dance act and pop R&B act.
Washing your bras is important to do because it helps get rid of the dirt and grime that has collected on the elastic.
Washing your face every day will help get rid of dirt, grime and oil.
You want to feel the dirt, and the sweat, and the grime of that place.
Among the most significant musical developments within the UK music scene in recent decades, grime grew from a highly localised east London-based subculture to a national and cultural phenomenon.
Another Muc-Off hero product, this powerful pink gel breaks down dirt on a molecular level, cutting through grease, grime and oil to leave your bike seriously shiny.
Clean your lights regularly to remove grime and ensure they're shining brightly.
Diane was preceded in death by her parents Charles and Elnora Hall, her first husband James Miller, her brother Roger Hall, and her sister Sandy Grime.
Common combinations with grime
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: