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Recent Examples of shadowy In Messiah, Scytale is a shadowy, shapeshifting figure who concocts a plan to overthrow Paul Atreides (played by Timothée Chalamet in Villeneuve's movies). Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 9 Apr. 2025 Confronting this shadowy threat to kids everywhere, Mani was named as one of TIME's most influential people in AI last year due to her advocacy fighting deepfakes. ArsTechnica, 4 Apr. 2025 For the past five years, in its slow and grinding way, the federal government labored to bring some sunlight into the shadowy realm of corporate secrecy. Andrew Rice, Curbed, 4 Apr. 2025 The messages also detailed the shadowy influence that Jones appeared to hold in her administration. Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 3 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for shadowy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shadowy
Adjective
  • Jared Weiss of The Athletic shared via X. Cavaliers head coach Kenny Atkinson was quite vague when discussing the possibility of Garland suiting up for Game 4.
    Mark Weinstein, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Apr. 2025
  • For now, the language in the president’s executive order was fairly vague.
    Annie Nova, CNBC, 26 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The mood shifts from shady to straight-up scandalous.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Instead, Fenix lost the biggest match of his young WWE career, albeit under shady circumstances, while Americano picked up a WrestleMania win.
    Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The Oscar nominee's glam included a soft-bronzed makeup look, with a faint pink blush and a light mauve lipstick.
    Catherine Santino, People.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • The Accountant 2, arriving this week some eight long years after the original, does not earn even that faintest of praise.
    A.A. Dowd, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • The reasons for her travels—whether to marry a man at her father’s behest or to undertake a pilgrimage to Rome—are hazy.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Apr. 2025
  • As part of my initiation into beer society, Hoey gave me seven beers to try, ranging from a deep stout to a hoppy hazy India pale ale.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 18 Apr. 2025

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“Shadowy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shadowy. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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