Examples of gritty

• Distortion pedals produce a crunchier and grittier tone than an overdrive pedal.

• Musically, it also featured a grittier, more rap-oriented sound, and more explicit lyrics.

• As a result, they designed the game to be grittier and more somber.

• A similarly shared sensibility is readable in disco's thematics of sophistication - a sophistication peculiarly inflected by a sort of gritty candour.

• The grittier orchestral writing offsets that sweetness without overwhelming it.

• They also tried recording tracks to cassette tapes in order to produce a grittier, older sound.

• The recordings showed a grittier side to the band.

• During the early 1970s, the band switched to a grittier funk sound, which was as influential on the music industry as their earlier work.