How to Use sleazy in a Sentence

sleazy

adjective

• And this is the guy who did kind of sleazy stuff to stop him.
  — Leila Atassi, cleveland, 19 Apr. 2022
• Of course there are others that are just plain sleazy and creepy.
  — Health.com, 10 Oct. 2017
• The end of summertime and the livin’ can sure seem sleazy in this humid heat.
  — Logan Jenkins, sandiegouniontribune.com, 2 Sep. 2017
• Then came a brief stint at a sleazy burger joint off Union Square.
  — Carmel Breathnach, New York Times, 8 July 2023
• Clay’s first stop is a sleazy call center, led by a Wolf of Wall Street–type swindler.
  — Giancarlo Sopo, National Review, 13 Jan. 2024
• For some, selling may feel sleazy, icky or just plain gross.
  — Melissa Houston, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2021
• Get to the expensive restaurant, hatch the sleazy plot to to undo.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 24 Jan. 2023
• That caused them to roll the dice on a sleazy entertainer.
  — Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic, 11 Sep. 2017
• The Daily Beast’s portrait of Gaetz as a man-about-town is less rakish than sleazy.
  — Philip Elliott, Time, 2 Apr. 2021
• These days, newspapers and the media are about as sleazy as the politicians.
  — Patrick Wallis, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2024
• This is a sleazy, wretched racket, yet the film is nearly as blithe about it as Shawn is.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 13 July 2023
• The location-aware future—good, bad, and sleazy—is here.
  — Mathew Honan, WIRED, 19 Jan. 2009
• Billie Jean asks the bully’s dad, a sleazy surf shop owner, to pay the $608 repair bill.
  — Jim Kiest, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Sep. 2021
• That’s until Tse beats up a customer and almost kills one of the sleazy pimps working for Dai Mah.
  — Richard Kuipers, Variety, 22 Sep. 2021
• Think of it as a politician hitting the campaign trail to press the flesh in search of cash and support, only not quite as sleazy.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2023
• Everyone’s favorite sleazy lawyer with a heart of gold is back.
  — Andy Meek, BGR, 18 Apr. 2022
• Baywatch’ is sleazy and wholesome, silly and earnest, dumb as a box of sand and slyly self-aware.
  — Kathryn Shattuck, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2017
• Sure, the flare doesn’t quite have the full anachronistic sleazy-chic of the bell bottom, but a tinge of retro seediness goes a long way.
  — Liam Hess, Vogue, 4 Aug. 2021
• Novak started as a writer on the sitcom but stepped in front of the camera as the sleazy office temp.
  — Jodi Guglielmi, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2022
• Elwes will join the cast as Mayor Kline, who is described as handsome, slick and sleazy.
  — Fox News, 30 July 2018
• Ben Schreckinger pieces together the whole weird, sleazy weekend to figure out: What the hell happened in Tahoe?
  — Ben Schreckinger, GQ, 22 Mar. 2018
• That anything includes writing and reading sleazy page-turners for the fun of it.
  — Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, 11 June 2021
• His search for the truth soon becomes a quest for revenge against a psychotic drug lord named Viking and his sleazy henchmen.
  — Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2021
• Lisa and John Malkovich as the ladies’ sleazy, opportunistic landlord.
  — Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2022
• Evan White is also very good as Julia’s sleazy fiancé Glen.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2023
• Madison Street west of the Kennedy was a maleficent mile of burlesques, flop houses and sleazy taverns.
  — Michael Nagrant, RedEye Chicago, 6 Oct. 2017
• Meanwhile for the music, Clark dug into 1970s New York scenes, leaning into funk and soul with a sleazy rock ‘n roll twist.
  — Anne Nickoloff, cleveland, 19 Oct. 2021
• The changes are worthwhile, but do not finish the job of reforming Brazil’s sleazy politics.
  — The Economist, 14 Oct. 2017
• His party was gripped by QAnon, which holds at the center of its belief system the idea that the Democratic elite are sleazy and corrupt.
  — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2022
• Kid is first seen in an ape mask fighting (and losing) bare-knuckle battles in an underground arena run by a sleazy South African (Sharlto Copley).
  — Ty Burr, Washington Post, 4 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 17 Sep 2024