How to Use sketchy in a Sentence
sketchy
adjective
- The details about the accident are still a little sketchy.
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The film is sketchy on the details of the hit; the crime here is beside the point.
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Guy Lodge,
Variety,
22 May 2024
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The sketchy path soon becomes clear where cairns mark the way.
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Mare Czinar,
The Arizona Republic,
4 Mar. 2022
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But her actions, to the men around her, seem strange and sketchy.
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Katie Walsh,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2022
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The plans that have been laid out so far are sketchy and unclear.
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Alex Shephard,
The New Republic,
8 Nov. 2021
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The exact details of how the club's rules would work are still sketchy.
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Frank Jordans,
The Christian Science Monitor,
26 June 2022
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No more sketchy dealers in the back alley to get your fix.
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John Koopman,
Rolling Stone,
21 Sep. 2023
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Works out of gym bags in some back end storage room that was sketchy and dirty. . . .
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Jack Greiner,
The Enquirer,
11 Jan. 2022
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Stop-and-go pace, honking and sketchy lane changes describe the mood.
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Kevin Spear,
Orlando Sentinel,
22 Dec. 2022
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These kinds of claims make the whole industry look sketchy.
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Robert Johnson,
Rolling Stone,
18 Dec. 2023
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There was a lot of travel, and some of the hotels, well, some of them were pretty sketchy.
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Bob Nightengale,
USA TODAY,
8 Apr. 2021
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But the details are still sketchy and coal mining in China is still huge.
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CBS News,
11 Aug. 2021
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White put down a full run in his first attempt, but was a bit sketchy on one landing.
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Mark Osborne,
ABC News,
10 Feb. 2022
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The details of Alexander’s life in Chicago are sketchy.
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Stephanie Pagones,
Fox News,
25 Oct. 2021
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The details of Alexander's life in Chicago are sketchy.
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Don Babwin,
USA TODAY,
25 Oct. 2021
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Somebody is dead, and the details are sketchy, with only the word of the prison system to rely on.
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John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com,
al,
21 Oct. 2022
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And again, the sourcing on that shortlist remains sketchy.
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Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
31 July 2022
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Petsch and Froy Gutierrez star as a couple on a road trip whose car breaks down in an sketchy small town.
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Benjamin Vanhoose,
Peoplemag,
8 May 2024
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As much as Igbinoghene as a first-round pick looks sketchy, the find of Needham helps cover for it.
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Dave Hyde,
sun-sentinel.com,
3 Oct. 2021
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Many of these builders are deceased or in their 90s, and the stories of their builds or Parade of Homes or the style of houses are sketchy.
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Paula Allen,
San Antonio Express-News,
11 Sep. 2021
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Again, note that there could be some sketchy accounting here.
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Andy Larsen,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
26 Nov. 2022
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Yet the hero’s journey in the original movies was always sketchy.
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Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
21 June 2021
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The first post shows that information about the Moskva was sketchy at first.
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Sam Schechner,
WSJ,
4 June 2022
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So the name is a bit sketchy, but the atmosphere at Square Grouper Tiki Bar is anything but.
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Josie Gulliksen,
Miami Herald,
30 Jan. 2024
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The initial sketchy media reports were that a female teacher had been shot in the foot.
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Christopher Keating,
Hartford Courant,
14 Dec. 2022
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The Post’s correction didn’t include Mr. Johnson, but the story was sketchy to a fault.
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The Editorial Board,
WSJ,
2 May 2021
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Leading up to the release of their fifth studio album sketchy.
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Joe Lynch,
Billboard,
26 Mar. 2021
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The other languages are somewhat distant and sketchy in your mind.
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Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
19 Apr. 2023
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The sun on your face, a visit to the wind in your hair, the world’s sketchiest gas station bathroom — pure America.
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Amber Dasilva / Jalopnik,
Quartz,
13 July 2024
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The duo didn’t encounter any sketchy days during their hikes, save for a few instances when they were caught in freak rainstorms.
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Owen Clarke,
Outside Online,
27 June 2024
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