dinged-up

There at the curbside, beside a dinged-up Buick sedan that smelled of burning oil, stood Warren Jeffries, one of my previous students from my graduate teaching gig back at U.C. Irvine from the year before.

The Great San Francisco Poetry Wars, 1 2010

She slammed down the phone, slipped her feet into the nearest pair of sandals, and headed down to the parking lot, where she found her dinged-up Ford sitting in the front row of spaces, locked tight as a drum.

Unspeakable Laura Griffin 2010

She slammed down the phone, slipped her feet into the nearest pair of sandals, and headed down to the parking lot, where she found her dinged-up Ford sitting in the front row of spaces, locked tight as a drum.

Unspeakable Laura Griffin 2010

Needing a break from the keyboard, I grabbed a bucket and some sponges and went outside to wash my dinged-up Volkswagen

Chance Favors The Prepared Mind Peter Buffett 2010

His dinged-up hand marred the Nuggets 'fourth win in a row.

USATODAY.com 2008

She slammed down the phone, slipped her feet into the nearest pair of sandals, and headed down to the parking lot, where she found her dinged-up Ford sitting in the front row of spaces, locked tight as a drum.

Unspeakable Laura Griffin 2010

Golfers always knew that dinged-up balls travel farther: Dents create turbulence, which reduces drag.

Wired Top Stories Andrew Burmon 2009

Inside: Peeling paint on some walls, embarrassing wood paneling on others; splintery old furniture; and these dinged-up windows that rattle whenever a car goes past.

‘Emily The Strange: The Lost Days’ 2009

I think the texture adds to the grungy, dinged-up appearance these babies get; whole painting also true to jumble of real-life scenery.

Garbage Again william wray 2009

With their dinged-up sides, their remnants of old shipping labels, and their torn up packing tape, – they offend my aesthetic sensibilities!

Polka Dot Cottage: Down with ugly recycled packaging! 2008