shadowy

Example Sentences

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Information Minister Zhemu Soda said the Zimbabweans had been lured by shadowy agencies promising lucrative jobs abroad using "social media platforms as their primary hunting ground".

From BBC • Mar. 26, 2026

"These three men - and in particular Simon Spring - seem to be just living out their fantasies as enforcers of macho hard men who worked for shadowy organisations," said Roberts.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026

The world’s largest cash buyer of ships for scrap is setting its sights on the shadowy tankers that ferry illicit oil from Iran, Russia and Venezuela.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

Three years later, Hale is working for the Orphanage, a shadowy American intelligence agency that spies on all the less-shadowy American intelligence agencies — watching the watchers.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 26, 2025

They fly up into the shadowy treetops, sparkling between the branches.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz