Wondering how to use Sleazy in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as thin or squalid.
Sleazy in a sentence
Sleazy meaning
- Marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate.
- Raunchy or perverted in nature; tastelessly sexual.
- Untrustworthy.
Synonyms of Sleazy
Using Sleazy
- The main meaning on this page is: Marked by low quality; inferior; inadequate. | Raunchy or perverted in nature; tastelessly sexual. | Untrustworthy.
- Useful related words include: thin, squalid, sordid, seedy.
- In the example corpus, sleazy often appears in combinations such as: the sleazy, sleazy and, as sleazy.
Context around Sleazy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sleazy
- In this selection, "sleazy" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, irredeemably, cheesy, brokers, lawyer, lawyers and poltergeist stand out and add context to how "sleazy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a cheesy sleazy erotic thriller and and their sleazy side shows. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sleazy" sits close to words such as abattoir, agi and agitations, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sleazy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Let’s leave freaks and their sleazy side shows aside. (10 words)
Thomas is the sleazy guy who reminds me of Joey Ryan. (11 words)
Who doesn’t love a cheesy, sleazy erotic thriller to get the blood pumping? (14 words)
In one of the scenes being filmed, her co-star wanted “to go all the way;” instead, she asserted her agency and managed to escape being a victim of the sleazy demands of the predators of this circle of filmmakers. (40 words)
Christopher Brand, 62, from Birmingham, did not realise the woman he was 'grooming' was in fact a police officer in Wales who used his sleazy messages to build a case against him. (32 words)
Ten days later as toxic new revelations about the Duke of York's sleazy behaviour emerge from unsealed court documents in New York, the gesture seems not just astounding but possibly unwise. (32 words)
Who doesn’t love a cheesy, sleazy erotic thriller to get the blood pumping? (14 words)
Example sentences (20)
Michael Avenatti might not have liked it when I began routinely identifying him as “sleazy lawyer Michael Avanatti,” but it now appears that I may owe an apology…to sleazy lawyers.
Hopefully, you had the good sense to not read that quote out loud, but if you did, then you may be getting a visit from a sleazy poltergeist pretty soon.
In one of the scenes being filmed, her co-star wanted “to go all the way;” instead, she asserted her agency and managed to escape being a victim of the sleazy demands of the predators of this circle of filmmakers.
In the event, they emerged victorious, but they could not escape the label of porn barons and the suspicion they were irredeemably sleazy.
It’s sleazy and gross to see politicians and right wing think tankers taking aim at kids.
Let’s leave freaks and their sleazy side shows aside.
That set the table for a rooting interest in the young lad, and it helped that Swerve is such a sleazy heel to work off of.
Thinking this over, it is not so rare in Third World countries, when sloppy, slippery, and sleazy politicians are clustered over, or around, their nation’s oil patrimony.
Thomas is the sleazy guy who reminds me of Joey Ryan.
Who doesn’t love a cheesy, sleazy erotic thriller to get the blood pumping?
Christopher Brand, 62, from Birmingham, did not realise the woman he was 'grooming' was in fact a police officer in Wales who used his sleazy messages to build a case against him.
Second, the executive branch should use the powers it already has to crack down on data brokers’ sleazy behavior.
Talking to him he came across to me as a sleazy self-important nouveau riche.
Ten days later as toxic new revelations about the Duke of York's sleazy behaviour emerge from unsealed court documents in New York, the gesture seems not just astounding but possibly unwise.
This comes as Pattaya, a seedy beach town, tries to it’s sleazy image.
Visually, Brat is sleazy but well put together, like a good outfit at the end of a big night.
With telling confirming commentary by sleazy LBJ fixer Bobby Baker, it reveals that JFK feared he would be pulled into involvement with Rometsch.
Christian is a sleazy womanizer with a vindictive and manipulative streak—but it’s partially a defense mechanism due to how badly jaded he is by experiences during his childhood.
Henry Wilson is one of the really sleazy characters in who happily takes advantage of vulnerable young men for his own needs.
In his latest film, Adam Sandler depicts a sleazy, greasy, greedy, dishonest diamond businessman.
Common combinations with sleazy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the sleazy 6×
- sleazy and 3×
- as sleazy 2×
- from sleazy 2×
- it sleazy 2×
- is sleazy 2×
- sleazy little 2×
- with sleazy 2×
- on sleazy 2×
- sleazy website 2×