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

This does not mean that companies doing seedy, speculative things won’t be included in the S&P 500.

From Slate ● Jun. 5, 2026

Capp notes, "Even in London's seedy underworld, a hat felt essential."

From Science Daily ● May 7, 2026

The Edwardian terraces, net-curtained and seedy, ran straight for half a mile.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan

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

“The movie applied a cinematic sheen to the scenes of this seedier New York,” the Times critic Maya Phillips wrote in a 2020 essay.

From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2023

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

From Slate ● Aug. 9, 2022

My first instinct was to make a savory granola, which was … nice, but I realized that I was looking for a nuttier, seedier — dare I say it — crunchier result.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 23, 2022

Tonight’s visitor seemed seedier than most, however, and behaved oddly.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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

In some ways, it was better, since even the seediest movie theaters have functioning latrines and catching a ride home was seldom a concern.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2019

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

Of all the seedy bunches of dead beats I ever struck, the aggregation I've just been interviewing was the seediest!

From Something New by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse