seediness

Example Sentences

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Beneath the supernatural grotesqueries, Mr. King reflects on the mundane horrors—insularity, seediness and dead ends—of American small-town life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025

I think there would be a kind of seediness to that, that would offend a very proud man like Anthony Kennedy.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2017

This one goes from the O.J. murder trial verdict to present day, covering the civil trial, the seediness, the subsequent incarceration.

From New York Times • Jun. 17, 2016

Broadway musicals are as popular as ever, but much of the grit and seediness has been washed clean, and the area is now more akin to a family-friendly theme park than a bawdy vaudeville enclave.

From Washington Post • Sep. 30, 2015

Of course, Mr. Doolittle had heard rumors, as had many others, but they seemed hardly enough to account for De Launay’s depression and general seediness.

From Louisiana Lou A Western Story by Winter, William West