How to Use seedy in a Sentence

seedy

adjective

• He was wearing a seedy suit.
• But Aubergine didn’t, and doesn’t, have a spartan, seedy, health-food vibe.
  — Stefene Russell, The Salt Lake Tribune, 6 Oct. 2022
• The seedy glamour of his early work, which brought him fame in the years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, is gone.
  — The New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2023
• Cook was shot in the chest by a clerk at the seedy $3-a-night Hacienda Motel at 3 a.m.
  — Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2022
• Some were drawn to the seedy side of Skagway and ran afoul of local law.
  — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Feb. 2022
• Is the New Black, this series is a more comedic take on the seedy world of bounty hunting.
  — Martha Sorren, refinery29.com, 14 Aug. 2020
• In the 1990s, an effort to clean up the seedy image of Times Square brought new office buildings to the area.
  — New York Times, 28 May 2022
• Whole wheat or sourdough work too, but anything too seedy or crusty will mess with the vibe.
  — Smitha Menon, Bon Appétit, 11 Mar. 2023
• The slender, curvy fruits of this Italian heirloom are firm and less seedy than many types.
  — Arricca Sansone, Country Living, 19 July 2020
• That seedy motel was constructed at the base of the Innerbelt Bridge in the Flats.
  — Joey Morona, cleveland, 29 Nov. 2022
• The motel room is seedy, with smudged walls and frayed carpeting.
  — Celia Wren, Washington Post, 16 Oct. 2019
• Why does Jules hook up with older men in seedy motel rooms?
  — Justin Curto, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2021
• One man carries on with a waitress; the other a seedy drug dealer in a blonde wig.
  — Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Apr. 2023
• This seedy bread starts with sprouting rye berries, which Shim soaks, strains, and rinses twice a day for two days.
  — Alex Pastron, Bon Appétit, 26 Dec. 2019
• This sets them on a course to meet a man named Yuri (Nikola Djuricko), a seedy Russian smuggler.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 18 Apr. 2022
• Not so any more—as the new David Kempinski breathes new life into this once-seedy part of town.
  — Isabelle Kliger, Forbes, 19 July 2022
• Every morning, the brothers had to walk a seedy stretch in the neighborhood.
  — John Kelly, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2022
• In some ways the movie is like when the lights come on at the end of the night in a club and what once felt seductive is in an instant revealed to be seedy.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 Dec. 2020
• My personal favorite for an any-time snack: on a seedy slice of toast with a swoosh of butter.
  — Antara Sinha, Bon Appétit, 19 Nov. 2022
• Reeves' version of Gotham City is seedy, dark, and rain-soaked, the sun only visible at dusk.
  — Chancellor Agard, EW.com, 16 Feb. 2022
• His meetings take him all over the city and into varied, seedy settings.
  — Stephen Kearse, The Atlantic, 31 July 2020
• Well made period drama taking you behind the curtain of both the con and the seedy souls of those putting one over on us.
  — Ben Flanagan | [e-mail], al, 24 Mar. 2022
• Lux isn't the only one keeping secrets, and the introduction of a seedy stranger sends things off the rails as the island starts to close in.
  — Ew Staff, EW.com, 14 Jan. 2022
• Try the Farm to Loaf bundle, which includes the dense and seedy Danish rye loaf that’s been my breakfast most mornings this week.
  — Amanda Shapiro, Bon Appétit, 12 Dec. 2019
• Not exactly — though bringing this up over a pint of mead at the Rusty German, the seedy tavern in the show, might get you in trouble.
  — Jennifer Schuessler, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2024
• Its slightly seedy decor was exciting for what was, back then, a very quiet part of town.
  — Dallas News, 25 May 2022
• Elaine May’s seedy 1976 crime flick is a type of ending in itself, acting as a sobering postscript to the macho heist and mafia movies of the decade.
  — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 22 Feb. 2021
• As veggies get bigger, their skins get tougher and their flesh gets seedy, woody and less flavorful.
  — Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
• Each is mysteriously drawn to a light shop that sits at the end of a seedy alleyway.
  — Patrick Frater, Variety, 19 Feb. 2024
• Try granola bites, sesame seeds, or these nutty, seedy Clean Snax from Melissa’s.
  — Katie Workman, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2019

Last Updated: 28 May 2024