seamy

Example Sentences

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It’s huge, brazen and entangled with the seamy politics of migration and assimilation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Working with cinematographer Robby Müller, Friedkin puts a Los Angeles on screen that is equal parts glamorous and seamy, where even the palm tree in the movie’s logo looks like a gunshot wound.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 18, 2023

The book offers a powerful glimpse into the seamy side of 1970s rock 'n' roll, a time capsule-like rendering of a bygone age.

From Salon • May 7, 2022

Degas did not ignore the sad, seamy fact of their connection.

From Washington Post • Oct. 30, 2019

And though it would certainly add color to my story to present a descent into a seamy underworld, I can’t fail to mention that the North Beach Strip is only a few blocks long.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides