| It was a grubby, grotty, sleazy, cruisy dive, but it had atmosphere, and we all loved it despite ourselves. |
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| I've also pulled away some loose woodchip, though most of it will be staying, as I'm certain the wall behind it is in a pretty grotty state. |
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| Inside those grotty beer-stained sweatpants is a smart, funny, well-dressed man waiting to emerge. |
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| What a contrast it was to get back to our grotty hotel after such a glitzy day. |
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| It is made up of silly little stories, each grotty in its own individual way! |
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| It is in a desolate location surrounded by grotty blocks of flats and graffiti. |
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| Ever wondered how the NHS struggles by in the grotty, run-down and ultimately grim areas of this country? |
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| Otherwise their five-star hotel will have to be built in a less prominent position with a view over our grotty row of cottages. |
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| Pluto plays an ex-smuggler who buys a grotty bar in Little America, smartens it up and starts doing good business. |
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| The way on from here was a slither down an inconspicuous and rather grotty looking muddy hole. |
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| Yet it can be done: McDonald's had a grotty image in Britain before Mr Easterbrook took over there. |
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| Sometimes he would force you to clean his filthy floor with a grotty toothbrush and if you were really naughty he would lock you in the dirty, dusty dungeon. |
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| I am feeling pretty grotty about the whole thing at the moment. |
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| Then there are the tens of thousands of injured, such as Dima, who lives with his parents in a grotty apartment on the outskirts of Moscow. |
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| A million or more enterprising Poles, fed up with grotty public services and a poor quality of life, have voted with their feet to work abroad. |
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| It's the second time the hotel's taskforce has gone into action in response to the growing disquiet over the city's increasingly grotty appearance. |
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| Most recently these boots have been very grotty, having been present for the destruction and recreation of the living rooms and the continuing demolition of the garden. |
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| Given the title and director, I was expecting something grotty and disturbing, so I was pleasantly surprised when the film turned out to be a lighthearted kitschy romp. |
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| And of course, a smeary, grotty sound that sounds like half of the dials are in the red with all the instruments merging at the edges has its own charms. |
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| Tottenham-born Adele talked of facing rats in a grotty house after she moved out of her mum's humble South London flat. |
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| Despite a whole alphabet of acronymous regeneration schemes, lots of grotty neighbourhoods in London and the north are still stubbornly blighted by unemployment, poor health and despair. |
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| I want to ask why the railway station is so grotty. |
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| It's grotty and it's grubby and nobody will feel good about it in the morning, but the fact that they were caught in the act makes it so much worse. |
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| The Europa League is the Champions League's grotty wee brother, tagging along behind with a snottery nose. |
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| Dr W. L. Hawley: A single stiffener maybe, this as feeling grotty? |
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| Don't you remember the Crimbo din-din we had with the grotty Scots bint? |
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| Whereas soft lads living at home get three meals a day and a free laundry service for a fraction of what it would cost them to live in some grotty rented flat. |
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