Translations for „seamy“ in the English » Polish Dictionary

seamy [ˈsi:mi] ADJ

seamy

przykry

the seamy side of life

ciemna strona f życia

Usage examples with seamy

the seamy side of life

ciemna strona f życia

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Scholars have speculated that she may have been sent away for her health, to remove her from the seamy side of business, or to introduce her to radical politics.

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Unfortunately she inherited her father's weakness for drugs, booze and the seamier side, resulting in a lifelong battle with addiction.

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Writers in this sub-category of realism are said to depict the seamier or more mundane aspects of ordinary life in spare, unadorned language.

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On the other hand, there was a seamy side to him.

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Unlike her more noble peers, she is thought to dwell on the seamy side of public figures' lives.

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People flocked to a downtown that just decades ago had been a dangerous, seamy zone.

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However, these dark areas also prove attractive to the seamier side of human behavior.

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There is also a seamier side to the fakery.

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I was seeing the seamy side of liberalism.

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The seamy side of his rule carried over for decades after he retired.

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