grainy
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1. grainy - Adjective
2. grainy - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
Resembling grains; granular.
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I jammed my hand in my jacket pocket, bracing myself for the next hit, and feel something. Something grainy and small, sticking to the tips of my fingers: the sand from Commons Park.
No one knew what Rodney King had done beforehand to be stopped. No one realized that he was a parolee and that he was violating his parole. No one knew any of those things. All they saw was this grainy film and police officers hitting him over the head.
When people think of slavery, they think of an era from the distant past. Grainy photographs from Civil War times. And yet it goes on.
One of the consequences of the Iranian revolution has been an explosion of history. A country once known only from British consular reports and intrepid travelogues is now awash with historical documents, letters, diaries, grainy video, weblogs and secret police files of questionable authenticity.
granular sugar
the photographs were grainy and indistinct