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as in unflinching
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as in sandy
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as in vivid
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Recent Examples of gritty
The film was shot almost entirely on location with natural light, lending its high-concept story a gritty sense of immediacy.
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Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Mar. 2025
Taking on Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena is undoubtedly a tough challenge, one requiring visitors to have a combination of quality, gritty determination and a little luck.
—Adam Digby, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Designers have developed a signature style that incorporates Soviet-era workwear silhouettes reimagined with modern cuts, traditional Moldovan embroidery techniques applied to contemporary denim, and a gritty DIY ethos that turns limited resources into unlimited creativity.
—Cassell Ferere, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
But the gritty crime drama is more than deserving of its accolades, and Goggins, as Detective Shane Vendrell, is a major reason for its success.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 6 Apr. 2025
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Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Mar. 2025
Taking on Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena is undoubtedly a tough challenge, one requiring visitors to have a combination of quality, gritty determination and a little luck.
—Adam Digby, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Designers have developed a signature style that incorporates Soviet-era workwear silhouettes reimagined with modern cuts, traditional Moldovan embroidery techniques applied to contemporary denim, and a gritty DIY ethos that turns limited resources into unlimited creativity.
—Cassell Ferere, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
But the gritty crime drama is more than deserving of its accolades, and Goggins, as Detective Shane Vendrell, is a major reason for its success.
—Daniel Dockery, Vulture, 6 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gritty
Adjective
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But what makes each character on this unflinching look at an underfunded emergency department so compelling?—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
11 Apr. 2025
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Continuous Improvement: The Film Room Mentality Throughout his career, Rich Gannon's approach to improvement was methodical and unflinching.—
Omaid Homayun,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Local soils are exceptionally sandy and not adjusted to the acidity preferred by azaleas.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Apr. 2025
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Planting tomatoes in intensely sandy soil requires watering them at least twice a day or more in some cases.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The author draws a vivid portrait of her family’s socially marginal milieu, but her rapist presents multiple challenges of perspective.—
Leslie Camhi,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2025
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Captured in vivid detail, the shimmering pieces of metal are tiny reminders of the region's pivotal gold-rush era of the 1860s.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Apr. 2025
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For a team that’s been knocking on the door as a plucky underdog over the past few years, acquiring Rantanen has given this team a game breaker at a totally different level than what previously existed in Texas.—
Thomas Drance,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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Yes, but: Some argue that these plucky underdogs may cease to exist as good players transfer to more elite programs that can offer them more NIL money.—
Maxwell Millington,
Axios,
7 Apr. 2025
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Roche used a palette of ochers, earthy browns, herbal greens, and warm yellows across every room in her house.—
Amy Panos,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Mar. 2025
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Luxury hotels, houses, and dining spots, painted in pastel shades, earthy tones and classic white, now cling to the dramatic caldera rim that frames the ancient sunken volcano hidden below the Aegean’s navy waters.—
Helen Iatrou,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Moments of standoffishness or awkwardness are emphasized with jump cuts to her face, the camera lingering on her expressive, quizzical features.—
Rebecca Mead,
The New Yorker,
24 Feb. 2025
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Humans are remarkably vocally expressive.—
Katarzyna Pisanski,
Scientific American,
21 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side In the big-screen adaptation of this true story, Sandra Bullock played Leigh Anne Tuohy, the resolute Southern mother who adopts teen Michael Oher.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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Conscientiously addressing a national crisis of domestic abuse while also lunging for the heartstrings, the film is an uneven balance of grainy social realism and crowd-pleasing uplift, but Cruz’s resolute performance just about holds it together.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
17 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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My new favourite spot nearby was a long, sunken garden, complete with stone fountains, a gravelly terrace, and grand staircases sprawling down from street level.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
12 Mar. 2025
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Goldberg said one recent afternoon, in her gravelly voice.—
André Wheeler,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Gritty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gritty. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.
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