seedy

The interview, filmed in a Philadelphia studio dressed up to resemble a seedy motel in a wink at the laptop scandal, quickly became a viral sensation, generating millions of views.

From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2026

Sometimes, the streets appear glittering; other times, seedy and dangerous.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026

From what we've seen so far in the two gameplay trailers, the story will follow the pair in a Bonnie and Clyde-esque adventure through the seedy underbelly of America after an "easy score goes wrong".

From BBC ● Jun. 19, 2026

In the antediluvian world before seedy promoters began mixing martial arts, there was no way of knowing.

From Slate ● Jun. 14, 2026

He became a sort of mascot in Montmartre, his seedy, beloved neighborhood.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

Novelists have always been entranced with the seedier side of show business, from Michael Tolkin’s classic “The Player” to Theodore Roszak’s paranoiac “Flicker” to Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s devilish “Silver Nitrate.”

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2024

Stephanie Foggett is focused on the darker, seedier parts of that ecosystem.

From Slate ● Aug. 9, 2022

Instead it combines unannotated old footage from the Chelsea’s seedier days with new vignettes, following longtime residents unsure if they’ll get to stay when the upgrades are finally finished.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2022

By the early 1960s, the crowds were seedier, the clubs grubbier and the production all but gone.

From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2022

I spent a couple of hours visiting the seedier taverns around the University, making casual conversations, asking casual questions.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

His clientele has flipped upside down, from some of the most refined people in the New York area to some of the seediest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

Even if you’re trying to avoid any sort of retail establishment that might be hawking Christmas wares this season, you’re still likely to hear this song in the seediest of bodegas.

From Salon ● Nov. 30, 2018

On David Zinn’s utilitarian set, an all-purpose, wood-paneled bar, scenes are staged with an assurance that smartly conjures the seediest of interiors and most exalted of landscapes.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 28, 2017

Equally inspired by Quentin Tarantino, the Coen brothers and the seediest of ‘70s drive-in exploitation, “Carnage Park” is a frequently repellent film that’s nonetheless cleverly constructed.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2016

Our gentlemen are in the shabbiest of coats and seediest of hats, while our ladies wear grey cloaks, and round, soup-plate bonnets. 

From Rome in 1860 by Edward Dicey