seediness

Example Sentences

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Beneath the supernatural grotesqueries, Mr. King reflects on the mundane horrors—insularity, seediness and dead ends—of American small-town life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 7, 2025

The building had housed another nightclub, Kili’s Kafe, that became a symbol of the neighborhood’s seediness.

From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2018

I think there would be a kind of seediness to that, that would offend a very proud man like Anthony Kennedy.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2017

The area’s post-war decline, precipitated by urban renewal and changing tastes, changed Coney Island’s reputation from glittering spectacle to a kind of glorious seediness, captured by photographers such as Bruce Davidson.

From The Guardian • Dec. 30, 2015

Some were in seal-skin caps, some in furs, others in sea boots from which the toes protruded, with ragged trousers, threadbare coats, and a general air of Arctic seediness.

From The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 by Whymper, Frederick