How to Use sketchy in a Sentence

sketchy

adjective

• I have only a sketchy idea of how it works.
• The details about the accident are still a little sketchy.
• The film is sketchy on the details of the hit; the crime here is beside the point.
  — Guy Lodge, Variety, 22 May 2024
• Details of the plan, to be in place by 2020, are sketchy.
  — Fox News, 7 June 2018
• Details of the plan, drawn up by the U.S. and to be in place by 2020, are sketchy.
  — Washington Post, 7 June 2018
• The sketchy path soon becomes clear where cairns mark the way.
  — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 4 Mar. 2022
• But rights to the sites themselves were sketchy at best.
  — Stephen Wallis, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2018
• But her actions, to the men around her, seem strange and sketchy.
  — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2022
• Even the details of the killing are sketchy, Lorenzi said.
  — Cleve R. Wootson Jr., chicagotribune.com, 11 Sep. 2017
• The plans that have been laid out so far are sketchy and unclear.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 8 Nov. 2021
• To get us to the sketchy backstreets of our comfort zones.
  — Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 July 2024
• Israel sought to paint Tony as a liar with a sketchy past.
  — Skyler Swisher, sun-sentinel.com, 15 Aug. 2020
• The exact details of how the club's rules would work are still sketchy.
  — Frank Jordans, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 June 2022
• The few details Nya has learned are sketchy, but the danger is clear and present.
  — Andrea Simakis, cleveland, 22 Oct. 2019
• While sketchy at times, the Saints offense is still the Saints offense.
  — Larry Holder, NOLA.com, 1 Nov. 2017
• No more sketchy dealers in the back alley to get your fix.
  — John Koopman, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2023
• Works out of gym bags in some back end storage room that was sketchy and dirty. . . .
  — Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 11 Jan. 2022
• Stop-and-go pace, honking and sketchy lane changes describe the mood.
  — Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Dec. 2022
• These kinds of claims make the whole industry look sketchy.
  — Robert Johnson, Rolling Stone, 18 Dec. 2023
• So far, the details remain sketchy, and the timing vague.
  — The Economist, 26 Oct. 2017
• Details of the plan, drawn up by the United States S and to be in place by 2020, remain sketchy.
  — Lorne Cook and Robert Burns, BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2018
• There was a lot of travel, and some of the hotels, well, some of them were pretty sketchy.
  — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2021
• But to some, the optics of Netanyahu's request are sketchy.
  — Bloomberg.com, 15 June 2020
• Details about how guests would get to and from space hotels are sketchy.
  — Kate Baggaley, NBC News, 14 Sep. 2019
• The details of their encounter are sketchy and one-sided.
  — Kevin Leonard, baltimoresun.com, 24 Oct. 2019
• Hyten made no mention of it, and the initial reports of the launch were sketchy on details.
  — Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2017
• The neighborhood on Howard near Seventh Street is still a bit sketchy, so the door is locked.
  — Carl Nolte, SFChronicle.com, 8 July 2018
• But the outlines of the Ravens’ revamped offense, and Ricard’s place in it, are still sketchy.
  — Jonas Shaffer, baltimoresun.com, 6 Aug. 2019
• The food court tables are your best bet, but there's sketchy, if any, free wifi coverage.
  — Mike Deehan, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
• Once, in Varanasi, India, an elderly woman offered me a glass of sketchy looking lassi.
  — Jen Murphy, Outside Online, 15 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Jan 2025