Oh that's right, our race relations conciliator thinks it's ok if sooty says it.
From the nbr.co.nz
The couple moved to London in 1933 but the city at the time was sooty and foggy.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Although it is unsightly, sooty mold does not really harm the tree or the fruit.
From the post-gazette.com
The sooty mold doesn't really do much harm and would not require any treatment.
From the inrich.com
The dusky is here in Utah and the sooty grouse is found in the Pacific Northwest.
From the sltrib.com
The baking soda dries out any sooty mould and the water is the agent of transfer.
From the nzherald.co.nz
A black powdery coating of sooty mould often develops on the stems and foliage.
From the edp24.co.uk
The cork-screw curls, the sooty eyes, the throaty laugh, are unaltered by age.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Sooty mold does not damage the plant and can easily be washed off with warm water.
From the post-gazette.com
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Coal-black: of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal
Covered with or as if with soot; "a sooty chimney"
Sooty is a British glove puppet bear and TV character popular in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand and other countries. ...
Sooty is a term used to describe certain shades of horse coat color. Horses with the sooty trait have black or darker hairs mixed into their coats, typically concentrated along the top of the horse and less prevalent on the underparts. ...
Sooty is a British children's television series that aired on ITV from 5 November 2001 - 6 January 2004 for three series. It replaces Sooty Heights, although the setting is much the same. ...
Of, relating to, or producing soot; soiled with soot; of the color of soot
Black hairs intermingling with tan or base colour (listed as undesirable in Elkhound standard).
A darkening effect caused by black hairs mixed into the coat color of the horse; also called smutty
A black person [originated in the U.S. in the 1950s]^[112]