sketchy

Example Sentences

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Even messages like these, which seem sketchy, can be difficult to vet because “reverse recruiting” is a thing now.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

The 22-year-old American served six double faults and was broken five times in a sketchy display, but she had enough to win through and set up a match against Amanda Anisimova or Belinda Bencic.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2026

Free VPNs make sense for several reasons: trying services before buying, getting occasional privacy when you need it, emergency security on sketchy public WiFi, or giving people on tight budgets some basic protection.

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026

If companies’ reports were sketchy or unreliable, shareholders would likely demand an inside role and ongoing access to confidential information.

From Barron's • Jan. 2, 2026

And this was what she suddenly understood about her mother: how with each man, each husband, she was really trying to fill in the sketchy parts of herself and become somebody she could finally love.

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray