Instead, she explored the gritty side of Cuban life ignored by the official press.

Of course, the city still has its gritty side.

There is a hard, gritty side to his character that was absolutely essential for his band to attain any degree of success.

- has put band members in touch with their gritty, resilient sides.

Black and white fitted the gritty, grubby side of apartheid.

The action of the pots is a little on the gritty side, too.

While many people were still painting pretty, simple images, Arango explored urban life's depths, and the grittier side of life.

He portrays a more gritty side of Aberystwyth.

"And decided I'd be the perfect opportunity to get in a little practice on the grittier side of law and order."

Some preferred to show the grittier side of city life, but others were more genteel in their depiction.