sketchy
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He was in molt, a sketchy splotch of red and black while he waited for his new plumage.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
On day 20 of her journey, Catterall met her in Switzerland after she had traversed “a particularly spicy descent on a sketchy section of via ferrata,” according to Woods’ Instagram.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
One way to make this less of a sketchy move is to check in first.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
"If you're with someone who has a sketchy background, then you should be made aware of that," said Johnstone.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
I am sorry, as well, to present such a sketchy and disappointing exegesis of what is in fact the central part of my story.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
Omicron’s impact is difficult to gauge in other parts of the world, where data are often sketchier.
From Science Magazine ● Jan. 25, 2022
Getting there requires one of the sketchier boot-packs I’ve ever done, along an icy, knife-edge ridge where the prospect of a catastrophic fall looms large.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 11, 2021
If they are sketchier characters, both in Baxter’s depiction and in the reader’s eye, that may again be Baxter’s point.
From New York Times ● Nov. 17, 2020
But for loved ones caught up the wake, navigating is even sketchier.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2018
I told Annabeth and Grover about my latest dream, but the details got sketchier the more I tried to remember them.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
He messaged Lutz about his experiences: “It was definitely the sketchiest thing I have ever had to do.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 25, 2026
Huge sums of money are now available for the sketchiest of projects, from "blue hydrogen" to the sea-bed mining of rare-earth minerals.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2021
“The majority gives only the sketchiest of reasons for reversing Teague’s watershed exception,” Kagan wrote.
From Slate ● May 17, 2021
Over two recording sessions for Columbia Records in early 1959, Davis would hand out the sketchiest of outlines for the music and leave the rest to extemporization.
From Washington Post ● May 25, 2020
Only the sketchiest details had been audioed back during the trip and absolutely nothing since their scheduled arrival on the satellite.
From The Space Pioneers by Louis Glanzman
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