How to Use sleazy in a Sentence

sleazy

adjective
  • And this is the guy who did kind of sleazy stuff to stop him.
    — Leila Atassi, cleveland, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Of course there are others that are just plain sleazy and creepy.
    — Health.com, 10 Oct. 2017
  • Then came a brief stint at a sleazy burger joint off Union Square.
    — Carmel Breathnach, New York Times, 8 July 2023
  • That arrangement was sleazy enough.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Everyone’s favorite sleazy lawyer with a heart of gold is back.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 18 Apr. 2022
  • The end of summertime and the livin’ can sure seem sleazy in this humid heat.
    — Logan Jenkins, sandiegouniontribune.com, 2 Sep. 2017
  • Get to the expensive restaurant, hatch the sleazy plot to to undo.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 24 Jan. 2023
  • These days, newspapers and the media are about as sleazy as the politicians.
    — Patrick Wallis, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2024
  • This is a sleazy, wretched racket, yet the film is nearly as blithe about it as Shawn is.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 13 July 2023
  • Baywatch’ is sleazy and wholesome, silly and earnest, dumb as a box of sand and slyly self-aware.
    — Kathryn Shattuck, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2017
  • Fillion is perfectly cast as a sleazy anchor who is used to getting his way.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Clay’s first stop is a sleazy call center, led by a Wolf of Wall Street–type swindler.
    — Giancarlo Sopo, National Review, 13 Jan. 2024
  • That anything includes writing and reading sleazy page-turners for the fun of it.
    — Barbara Vandenburgh, USA TODAY, 11 June 2021
  • Would Brooks Robinson have ever worn sleazy tight black toreador pants?
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 8 May 2024
  • Novak started as a writer on the sitcom but stepped in front of the camera as the sleazy office temp.
    — Jodi Guglielmi, Peoplemag, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Think of it as a politician hitting the campaign trail to press the flesh in search of cash and support, only not quite as sleazy.
    — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2023
  • Nobody lied about it, or sank it with a poison pill, or hired sleazy lobbyists to stop it from becoming law.
    — Alex Shephard, New Republic, 31 May 2017
  • Elwes will join the cast as Mayor Kline, who is described as handsome, slick and sleazy.
    — Fox News, 30 July 2018
  • Every state also has sleazy politicians, but Florida’s pols take the cake.
    — National Geographic, 28 Aug. 2016
  • Sure, the flare doesn’t quite have the full anachronistic sleazy-chic of the bell bottom, but a tinge of retro seediness goes a long way.
    — Liam Hess, Vogue, 4 Aug. 2021
  • The Daily Beast’s portrait of Gaetz as a man-about-town is less rakish than sleazy.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 2 Apr. 2021
  • His search for the truth soon becomes a quest for revenge against a psychotic drug lord named Viking and his sleazy henchmen.
    — Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Lisa and John Malkovich as the ladies’ sleazy, opportunistic landlord.
    — Noel Murray, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2022
  • The changes are worthwhile, but do not finish the job of reforming Brazil’s sleazy politics.
    — The Economist, 14 Oct. 2017
  • Billie Jean asks the bully’s dad, a sleazy surf shop owner, to pay the $608 repair bill.
    — Jim Kiest, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Sep. 2021
  • That’s until Tse beats up a customer and almost kills one of the sleazy pimps working for Dai Mah.
    — Richard Kuipers, Variety, 22 Sep. 2021
  • Yasmin seems to find comfort in men like Henry, who are similar to her father — wealthy, sleazy, and weak-willed.
    — Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Madison Street west of the Kennedy was a maleficent mile of burlesques, flop houses and sleazy taverns.
    — Michael Nagrant, RedEye Chicago, 6 Oct. 2017
  • This spectacle, while sleazy and unsettling, was hardly a departure from the status quo.
    — Annie Levin, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Among the other supporting roles, the most challenging to cast, the team agrees, was that of Euclides, the sleazy police chief.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2026

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