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
• 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
• 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
• In the more shadowy corners of the crowdsourcing industry, the use of child workers is overt.
  — WIRED, 15 Nov. 2023
• The streaming service also revealed the details of Gaga’s involvement, teasing her role as a shadowy presence that makes an already eerie hall colder.
  — Liza Esquibias, People.com, 6 Aug. 2025
• The maze begins with a violent earthquake and trip through the shadowy woods where best friends Katherine and Angela mysteriously vanish.
  — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 5 Aug. 2025