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Recent Examples of shadowy And when Paul manages to elude his overseers and explore the surrounding area — spurring a frantic search, the menacing tenor of which raises Lise’s hackles — the movie effectively becomes a prison drama, with the trio’s eventual interviewee depicted as a shadowy warden who can decide their fate. Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025 Julia Fox morphed into a Gothic doll for Marc Jacobs’ fall 2025 ready-to-wear fashion presentation in New York City on Monday night, with jet-black extensions and shadowy eyes. Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 1 July 2025 Ticket Information Brompton Cemetery Catacombs Hidden beneath one of London’s most atmospheric Victorian cemeteries lie the Brompton Catacombs — a shadowy underworld of vaulted chambers and crypts. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025 In the new track's accompanying music video, Capaldi can be seen sitting alone in a shadowy room from a distance, picking away at an acoustic guitar. Chris Barilla, People.com, 27 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for shadowy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shadowy
Adjective
  • Stories come to life only through concrete, sensory details, but my father only spoke in vague and abstract terms.
    Margot Singer July 9, Literary Hub, 9 July 2025
  • Though vague, Galvin said case law suggests reasonable means that the rules are consistent with the culture and character of the type of community.
    Nora O’Neill July 8, Charlotte Observer, 8 July 2025
Adjective
  • Unlike phishing emails or shady downloads, the malicious code arrived through routine, automatic updates and raised no immediate red flags.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 14 July 2025
  • To preserve your tools, clean them off then tuck them away somewhere cooler, dryer, and shadier like a garden shed or garage.
    Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 14 July 2025
Adjective
  • That memory, faint but enduring, was set in the downstairs den of their home.
    Ajdina Halilovic, Wired News, 6 July 2025
  • Until then, there is a faint hope that tardigrades survive — though likely not living it up — on the moon.
    Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 3 July 2025
Adjective
  • How this all will ultimately lead to world-building applications is hazy—and that’s part of the point.
    Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 3 July 2025
  • Looking for a 4/20 warm up show that will haunt your hazy dreams?
    Deborah Sengupta Stith, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025

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“Shadowy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shadowy. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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