dirty laundry
noun
: private matters whose public exposure brings distress and embarrassment
called also dirty linen
Examples of dirty laundry in a Sentence
The company is trying to keep its dirty laundry from being aired in public.
Recent Examples on the Web
At Fresno's Fort Miller Middle School, where half the students were chronically absent, two reasons kept coming up: dirty laundry and no transportation.
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Jocelyn Gecker, arkansasonline.com, 17 Aug. 2024
At Fresno’s Fort Miller Middle School, where half the students were chronically absent, two reasons kept coming up: dirty laundry and no transportation.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
His apartment is barely furnished—nothing but a sofa, a TV mounted on the wall playing a Netflix procedural on mute, a mound of dirty laundry, and a little weed and a few Xanax bars scattered across the counter.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 2 Aug. 2024
The large canvas duffel is designed with a handy shoe compartment at its base that doubles as storage for dirty laundry, while the tote also boasts a sleeve at the back for stacking atop your rolling luggage.
—Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2024
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Jocelyn Gecker, arkansasonline.com, 17 Aug. 2024
At Fresno’s Fort Miller Middle School, where half the students were chronically absent, two reasons kept coming up: dirty laundry and no transportation.
—Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2024
His apartment is barely furnished—nothing but a sofa, a TV mounted on the wall playing a Netflix procedural on mute, a mound of dirty laundry, and a little weed and a few Xanax bars scattered across the counter.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 2 Aug. 2024
The large canvas duffel is designed with a handy shoe compartment at its base that doubles as storage for dirty laundry, while the tote also boasts a sleeve at the back for stacking atop your rolling luggage.
—Merrell Readman, Travel + Leisure, 12 July 2024
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“Dirty laundry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dirty%20laundry. Accessed 11 Sep. 2024.
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