fishy

Example Sentences

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White said UFC confronted the fighter and his lawyer prior to the match and were given reassurances that nothing fishy was going on.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

"Now they come out saying there are issues with the system. To me, it seems like there's something fishy going on," she said.

From Barron's • Dec. 3, 2025

If someone gave you a price that was too good to be true, or made the process completely frictionless, your brother might very well say, “Something is fishy here. It’s too easy.”

From MarketWatch • Nov. 10, 2025

On Monday’s episode of What Next, Mary Harris spoke with Slate senior writer and Amicus co-host Mark Joseph Stern about the fishy case and its alarming implications for LGBTQ+ equality throughout the country.

From Slate • Oct. 6, 2025

The air smells fishy, a green-brown, deep-water smell.

From "Rules" by Cynthia Lord