adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
grainy (= with a rough, not sharp, appearance )
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I stared at the grainy newspaper photograph, searching for my mother.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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grainy mustard
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Aged Gruyere: Five years old, this cheese is grainy and piquant with a sweet, long finish.
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Another video weakness to guard against is the coarse and grainy look of plain surfaces in bright primary colours, especially reds.
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Below the fold was a grainy photograph taken on primary night.
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I stare at the screen while they show a grainy old black-and-white photo of me, younger, with longer hair.
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It also includes a grainy , retouched photograph of the man holding the death mask in his hands.
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Its defrosting is subtle, gradual: but Eisenstein rather than Antonioni: grainy , gritty even.
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The photo is a grainy collage of blacks and whites, with dots and lines scratched across the murky background.