sooty

[US]/'sʊtɪ/
[UK]/'sʊti/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. dark or black in color like soot; covered or smeared with soot
vt. to cover or dirty with soot

Example Sentences

his olive skin and sooty eyes.

shucked their coats and cooled off; a city trying to shuck a sooty image.

I think the white underwing flash is more restricted on Sooty, but is very white and should contrast strongly against a darker body.

The fireplace was sooty from burning wood all night.

The chimney sweep cleaned the sooty chimney.

His hands were sooty after working on the car engine.

The old building had a sooty facade.

The sooty air in the city made it hard to breathe.

She wiped her face with a sooty rag.

The sooty windows obscured the view of the street.

His clothes were sooty after working in the coal mine.

The kitchen walls were covered in a layer of sooty grime.

The sooty smell from the fireplace filled the room.

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