Shady

//ˈʃeɪdi//

"Shady" in a Sentence (21 examples)

My uncle's brother's son got involved in a shady business and disgraced the family.

This place is too shady for taking photos.

What can we learn from a dog? On hot days, drink lots of water and lie under a shady tree.

The park is shady.

He got involved in shady business affairs.

Try as hard as possible to stay away from shady characters!

What an unfailing barrier against vice, immorality and bad habits are those tastes which lead us to embellish a home, to which at all times and in all places we turn with delight, as being the object and the scene of our fondest cares, labours and enjoyments; whose humble roof, whose shady porch, whose verdant lawn and smiling flowers all breathe forth to us, in true, earnest tones, a domestic feeling that at once purifies the heart and binds us more closely to our fellow beings.

This website is full of shady advertisements and clickbait!

Don't talk to me about respectability. I know every shady thing you've ever done. It would be a shame if the world were to ever find out about them.

Down in a green and shady bed A modest violet grew; Its stalk was bent, it hung its head, As if to hide from view.

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The shady trees cover him with their shadow.

you may have rooms both for summer and winter; shady for summer, and warm for winter

I know the shadiest breeziest spots, hidden tables surrounded by trees that have lived longer than the neighborhoods around them.

He is a shady character.

No sunshine in my life, the way I deal is shady

Jon & Kate Plus 8 is a show based on two facts: 1) Jon and Kate Gosselin have eight children, and 2) the word ‘Kate’ rhymes with the word ‘eight’. One suspects that if Kate were ever to have another child, a shady network executive would urge her to put it in a binbag with a brick and drop it down a well. But this is just a horrifying tangent.

People on the internet seemingly can’t get enough of the whole thing. The Guardian named it “pop’s shadiest power move.”

However, when Buster's character was still being developed, he was indeed a much shadier and less lovable character.

They were being proper shady to him. Even if you don't like someone, locking them out, stealing their clothes and ganging up on them to take the piss is just childish.

I didn't even ask her to be in the 'Increase the Peace' campaign, which was well shady, 'cos if anyone knows anything about rudes and violence and getting dragged into stuff it's Uma.

"Don't be shady," she said, "You know I always pay up."

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