How to Use sketchy in a Sentence

sketchy

adjective
  • I have only a sketchy idea of how it works.
  • The details about the accident are still a little sketchy.
  • And even that's kind of sketchy.
    — Outside Online, 4 Feb. 2026
  • The sketchy present, for crying out loud.
    — Francesco Pacifico, The Dial, 9 Dec. 2025
  • The sketchy path soon becomes clear where cairns mark the way.
    — Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, 4 Mar. 2022
  • The plans that have been laid out so far are sketchy and unclear.
    — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 8 Nov. 2021
  • But her actions, to the men around her, seem strange and sketchy.
    — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2022
  • Any place bigger than that seems a little sketchy.
    — Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 3 June 2026
  • Details about how guests would get to and from space hotels are sketchy.
    — Kate Baggaley, NBC News, 14 Sep. 2019
  • Just then, the leader of the sketchy train squatters opens his eyes.
    — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 16 Mar. 2025
  • The exact details of how the club's rules would work are still sketchy.
    — Frank Jordans, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 June 2022
  • Drag queens were always filth and only found in late night sketchy dive bars.
    — Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 June 2025
  • Stop-and-go pace, honking and sketchy lane changes describe the mood.
    — Kevin Spear, Orlando Sentinel, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The film is sketchy on the details of the hit; the crime here is beside the point.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 22 May 2024
  • Beyond that, the details are sketchy.
    — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
  • White put down a full run in his first attempt, but was a bit sketchy on one landing.
    — Mark Osborne, ABC News, 10 Feb. 2022
  • The few details Nya has learned are sketchy, but the danger is clear and present.
    — Andrea Simakis, cleveland, 22 Oct. 2019
  • Hope Springs is sketchy when Rue and Angel get there.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Staying safe no longer means avoiding sketchy-looking apps.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 Feb. 2026
  • There was a lot of travel, and some of the hotels, well, some of them were pretty sketchy.
    — Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Mats Gustafson is the good kind of sketchy for Dior (Rizzoli).
    — vanityfair.com, 21 Feb. 2017
  • Trump’s recent sketchy trip to the Middle East.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
  • But the details are still sketchy and coal mining in China is still huge.
    — CBS News, 11 Aug. 2021
  • While sketchy at times, the Saints offense is still the Saints offense.
    — Larry Holder, NOLA.com, 1 Nov. 2017
  • If that all sounds a little sketchy and borderline, there’s a good reason for it.
    — Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Hyten made no mention of it, and the initial reports of the launch were sketchy on details.
    — Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2017
  • This sketchy picture of the virus's current spread is the best current gauge of what to expect next.
    — Alexis C. Madrigal, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2020
  • Details of the incident were sketchy.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 20 May 2026
  • Sooryavanshi missed his first two balls and got off the mark with a sketchy inside edge that pinged past his off stump.
    — ABC News, 4 July 2026
  • Yet there’s very little drama in Gowin’s pictures, and any plot is sketchy or buried.
    — Vince Aletti, New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2026

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