Words similar to gritty

Example sentences for: gritty

How can you use “gritty” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

For 40 years, McBain has been a lively and gritty chronicler of New York City life and helped inspire TV cop shows such as Homicide , NYPD Blue , and Hill Street Blues .
Two other docs are worth your attention this week: The Learning Channel's gritty Inside the White House Press Corps (Monday, 9 p.m.); and "RFK vs.
The term has the advantage of avoiding mention of such gritty matters as arms shipments or coup plots, etc.--sort of like referring to death as a "health change."
Gloucester (38 miles/61 km from Boston) is a gritty salty town, the country’s oldest fishing port and also the busiest on the Massachusetts coast.
Individual performances are said to be inspired; the card hall settings are said to be gritty; the dialogue is said to be pleasingly peppered with poker jargon--but the film is deemed "unable to do justice to its potential" (Kenneth Turan, the Los Angeles Times ). Objections: a sluggish plot and a predictable setup.