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:

Hold it--there's something about the words "gritty" and "Sharon Stone" that don't belong in the same sentence.
It has a gritty feel and a tight, methodical, one-thing-after-another tempo.
And I still have a copy of the restraining order he obtained when I attempted, in an excess of neighborly zeal, to climb the fire escape in the loft next to his in that gritty industrial area he called home.
In English: hunkydory, namby pamby, nitty gritty, higgledy-piggledy, heebie-jeebies, inky-dinky, itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny ; in German: Kuddelmuddel, Techtelmechtel, Krimskrams, Simsalabim, Holterdipolter --to cite just a few.
The FALN stories are not well reported and have not yet given us the nitty gritty.