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
  • Beyond the light of the barns, in the shadowy corn stalks, spooks wait in the dark for wandering souls.
    — Courant Community, 18 Sep. 2017
  • 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
  • From the start, Ditko seemed to be drawn to noirish artists who filled the page with black ink to capture the shadowy underworld.
    — Jeet Heer, The New Republic, 7 July 2018
  • The mood is shadowy, the palette a turbulent chiaroscuro.
    — The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Finally, the shadowy C.E.O. would be forced to show his hand.
    — Maya Kosoff, The Hive, 11 Apr. 2018
  • Featured in the image are the rims of Prokofiev, Kandinsky, Tolkien and Gordimer, as well as their shadowy depths.
    — Robert Lea, Space.com, 9 Jan. 2025
  • 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
  • The big consistency is the black hole at the center of it all—the shadowy doorway of Alex’s house.
    — Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Without more transparency—even in crude form—we're left to the whims of shadowy A.I. forces.
    — Robert Hackett, Fortune, 7 July 2021
  • The shadowy twin of the striving for success is an almost Greek sense of the capriciousness of fate.
    — Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 7 Jan. 2020
  • 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
  • One of its 14 drawings depicts a strangely small door in the wall of a shadowy basement.
    — Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2020
  • The shadowy views of 300 species of trees tinted with an orange-red sky is worth the price of admission alone.
    — David Weiss, Forbes.com, 27 June 2025
  • In the footage, a secret bookshelf door opens to reveal a shadowy room full of Batsuits.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2022
  • This, unfortunately, is par for the course for the shadowy saga of MH370.
    — Jeff Wise, Daily Intelligencer, 25 Jan. 2018
  • The shadowy record is carried by a groovy bassline and laced with crisp drums as Majid croons away in a daydream-like state.
    — Wandera Hussein, Billboard, 11 Jan. 2018
  • And it was all wrapped up in sleek, shadowy visuals that made even the season's weak spots look like art.
    — EW.com, 19 Feb. 2025
  • But the use of the shadowy firm continues to draw scrutiny.
    — Richard Engel, NBC News, 25 May 2018
  • The postcard had been sent out by a shadowy group called Iowa Citizens for Truth.
    — Kenny Torrella, Vox, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Still, the creepy, shadowy figure lurking in the dark (or in broad daylight) remains a threat some of us can’t quite shake.
    — Mekita Rivas, Glamour, 24 Aug. 2018
  • Both are elite operatives able to charm their way into a room full of guards or kick their way out of one, and both are linked to a shadowy organization powerful enough to shape world events.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 12 Aug. 2025

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