gritty
IPA: grˈɪti
adjective
- Containing sand or grit; consisting of grit; caused by grit; full of hard particles.
- Spirited; resolute; unyielding.
- (film, literature) Intense and starkly realistic; depicting harsh reality, especially violence.
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Examples of "gritty" in Sentences
- The gritty sand wears down the teeth.
- The overall style is one of gritty realism.
- The current one is gritty and unrecognizable.
- He revels in the nitty gritty of arms treaties.
- The nitty gritty is discussed in the other section.
- The film was praised at the time for its gritty realism.
- Drugs, sex and murder are the gritty themes of the casework.
- At the moment, the article goes straight into the nitty gritty.
- It tends to sway towards the gritty and away from the mainstream.
- Both of the usually gritty crime fighters are uncharacteristically vulnerable.
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