seamy in the PONS Dictionary

seamy Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

the seamy side of life

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
People flocked to a downtown that just decades ago had been a dangerous, seamy zone.
reason.com
There is also a seamier side to the fakery.
www.rferl.org
By most accounts, its young denizens are lithe, lost and vulnerable to all sorts of seamy influences, from drugs to prowling photographers.
www.independent.ie
With a title that makes no secret of its theme, it looks at the seamy side of the music industry's star-making machinery.
www.latimes.com
The pictures show us the seamier side of an industry that drives our technological advances today.
www.digitaljournal.com
One is that the underbelly appears likely to remain decidedly seamy.
jamaica-gleaner.com
Unlike her more noble peers, she is thought to dwell on the seamy side of public figures' lives.
www.startribune.com
I was seeing the seamy side of liberalism.
spectator.org
Under the guise of crafting a provocative after-dinner speech, the pair cajole him into revealing some of the seamier aspects of his off-camera life.
en.wikipedia.org
However, these dark areas also prove attractive to the seamier side of human behavior.
www.digitaljournal.com

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