How to Use shadowy in a Sentence

shadowy

adjective

• He had only a shadowy idea of what they wanted him to do.
• She was pursued by a shadowy figure.
• And that shadowy figure, which those on the night watch catch glimpses of.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2023
• Much of the time, what each uncovers is the shadowy crooks and swells of the other.
  — Audrey Wollen, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2023
• In the corner of the room stands the black, shadowy figure from Jessie’s nightmares, The Dark Thing.
  — Olivia Truffaut-Wong, refinery29.com, 30 Mar. 2021
• Of course, the moment the man leaves, Karl starts fiddling with the light, causing one of the few sources of light in the shadowy room to hang askew.
  — Condé Nast, The New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2023
• The group shot the song’s shadowy and smoky video in Pearl’s basement, which matches the tune’s dark and resilient tone.
  — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 30 Mar. 2023
• The details of Lai Tek’s mission in Malaya are shadowy.
  — Richard Collett, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2022
• The mood is shadowy, the palette a turbulent chiaroscuro.
  — The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2023
• The video game publisher confirmed the breach, which could be a boon to the shadowy world of cheat-makers.
  — Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 10 June 2021
• Without more transparency—even in crude form—we're left to the whims of shadowy A.I. forces.
  — Robert Hackett, Fortune, 7 July 2021
• My vision is fuzzy and there are shadowy faces leaning over me.
  — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 30 Apr. 2021
• Deep below the surface of the South China Sea, a glow-in-the-dark creature swam through shadowy waters.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2024
• What about the stories that the people around David are violent and shadowy?
  — Edward Kiersh, SPIN, 11 Feb. 2023
• In the footage, a secret bookshelf door opens to reveal a shadowy room full of Batsuits.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2022
• In the more shadowy corners of the crowdsourcing industry, the use of child workers is overt.
  — WIRED, 15 Nov. 2023
• After a half-decade of lurking, the shadowy group was suddenly brought into the light of day.
  — Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 26 Jan. 2024
• Bathers rushed out of the water and stood on the shoreline, pointing, as a large, shadowy figure cut through the clear water.
  — Rick Jervis, USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2024
• But, sadly, in the real world, there is also a shadowy part of AI usage too.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2023
• The chicken landed in a shadowy corner of the barn, next to an animal that seemed to be hiding.
  — Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2023
• We're left with a final, shadowy shot of Driver, as a centaur, standing on the beach.
  — refinery29.com, 4 Aug. 2021
• As always, the forest floor was dark and shadowy, the sunlight swallowed up by the upper canopy.
  — Rachel E. Gross, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Mar. 2022
• As the case deepens, Bosch finds that there are powerful, shadowy forces at work.
  — Ew Staff, EW.com, 25 June 2021
• Here, six of them, from top sellers to shadowy collectors, weigh in on the current boom.
  — Matthew Schneier, Vulture, 15 Apr. 2021
• The second moon’s umbra — the shadowy area that darkens the Earth during an eclipse — would also cover twice the area that the first moon does.
  — Matt Benoit, Discover Magazine, 1 Dec. 2023
• The first leg of the stunning out-and-back heads westward toward Boulder with the shadowy outline of the Rocky Mountains on the horizon.
  — Heather Mundt, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 June 2024
• Menudo, the delectable Mexican soup of chewy tripe, has the power to yank you out of the shadowy depths of a hangover.
  — Cesar Hernandez, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2023
• Cognitive dissonance is a hard thing to portray, but the movie’s shadowy vibe does a good job of it.
  — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 19 Nov. 2022
• In contrast to the shadowy kitchen, the adjoining living room is bright and luminous.
  — Annabelle Dufraigne, Architectural Digest, 26 Oct. 2024
• Some consumer advocacy groups argue that shadowy backers could make large bets to shift the odds and later spread doubts about the results.
  — Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Nov 2024