shadiness
Example Sentences
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Casting Michael Gandolfini as Fisk’s youthful lickspittle of a right-hand, Daniel Blake, further augments the heavy’s shadiness.
From Salon • Mar. 5, 2025
And Mozgala portrays John as someone who is slippery, coy and clever, with a shadiness beneath.
From New York Times • Oct. 3, 2022
Haugen suddenly seems to carry all the authority of her erstwhile employer without any of the shadiness the down-and-out juggernaut just can’t shake.
From Washington Post • Oct. 27, 2021
All of this shadiness brought up an important question for Oliver: is there any hope here?
From The Guardian • Apr. 1, 2019
Her cheeks were brilliant, and her eyes not only brighter, but with a slight drooping that gave them the shadiness they sometimes wanted.
From Hopes and Fears or, scenes from the life of a spinster by Yonge, Charlotte Mary
