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Example sentences for "shady"

Lexicographically close words:
shadowings; shadowland; shadowless; shadows; shadowy; shaft; shafted; shafting; shafts; shagbark
  1. They have large, showy flowers, and succeed well in a moist, shady border.

  2. It is intersected by canals and shady avenues of lime-trees, and has many fine public buildings and private houses.

  3. More to the east are the Academy of Our Lady of Mercy and the new Calvary Episcopal Church (at the corner of Shady Avenue and Walnut Street), a beautiful example of thirteenth century Gothic.

  4. They lifted him carefully under a shady tree and removed his wet clothing.

  5. Bert, as the wagon started off along the shady country road.

  6. By lunch time the procession had covered all the ground planned, so from the postoffice the cadets and regulars started back over the shady country road.

  7. He found him walking alone in a shady place, and Frey was glad enough to tell his trouble to his wise friend.

  8. Towards noon the AEsir reached a shady valley, and, feeling tired and hungry, Odin proposed to sit down under a tree, and while he rested and studied a book of runes which he had with him, he requested Loki and Hoenir to prepare some dinner.

  9. But Harmonious stayed to hear the song that the brook was singing, of journeying through mosses and ferns and shady ways, and of tumbling over the rocks in shining waterfalls, on its way to the sea.

  10. A CRUST OF BREAD The boy was lying under a big shady tree eating a large crust of bread.

  11. Then they sank down in a shady spot, for they were very tired and lame from trying to walk on their hind feet.

  12. As he sat in his office, with the noise and glare of the endless afternoon rising up in hot waves from the street, there wandered into Ralph's mind a vision of her shady drawing-room.

  13. Next to this in startling novelty of effect, we must rank the sudden transition from the shady and verdant oasis of the desert to the bare and burning party-colored ocean of sand and rock which surrounds it.

  14. Gathering his robe about him, the speaker turned into the shady walk of the orchard, followed by his dusky retainers.

  15. Some more shady business," muttered Billy, opening the message.

  16. People talk about sunshine in a shady place," said Sylvia.

  17. When they had finished Edna offered to show Judge Trent a shady hammock where breezes were warranted to lull all but the uneasiest conscience to rest.

  18. The wide ramparts afford a shady walk, commanding lovely views of the town and harbour beneath, and the noble amphitheatre of mountains above.

  19. There were nice shady verandahs to this part of the hospital, and comfortable chairs for the patients to sit and lounge in, besides a pretty garden.

  20. The Botanical Gardens, and the shady avenue dividing them from Government House, would be an adornment to the finest capital in Europe.

  21. I will lead you a very nice shady walk to the prettiest and most sheltered little thicket in the world.

  22. They then strolled into the gardens, visited the hothouses, and finally placed themselves in a shady and fragrant bower, where they discoursed of poetry and music for an hour or two.

  23. He would sit for hours with his expectant face pressed against the window-pane, and when he saw her coming down the shady road he was filled with a sense of impending comfort and joy.

  24. Ferrers threw himself full length inside the cart: and Louis, drawing Alfred to the shady side, seated himself by him on the grass.

  25. The situation of the manor is wonderful, as well as the building itself and the great, shady garden; however, I shall be glad when I am free from the business at last.

  26. I sat under the shady roof of the wild-grape, and knitted, and followed her with my eyes.

  27. I followed a shady path which I knew would bring me to the side of the house, but all at once I stopped short.

  28. And drawing out her handkerchief, she turned into the nearest shady path.

  29. They found a shady bank and drew up under the bushes.

  30. They skirted a huge oak-tree which had fallen half across the river, and, passing through some gentle rapids, reached the cleared shady spot on the bank where they were to eat their luncheon.

  31. You see a succession of deep still pools under shady banks of marl, with gentle rapids above, and a long shelving tail, where the fish sport and feed.

  32. He dismounted and took charge of the horses, who were resting themselves after their fatigues under a shady tree, and by this time Lecuyer had crossed the river, and now joined him in bringing back the delinquents.

  33. Unaw'd by fear the courteous hero stood, And near the shady confines of the wood Now met the youth.

  34. In a shady corner close by, three or four young labourers at their mid-day rest have finished their frugal repast of bread and beans, and are now playing eagerly the popular game of zecchinetto with a frayed and grimy pack of cards.

  35. But Antonio's happiest moments were spent in the hall of palms, as he rested in the shady corner where the lotos bloomed.

  36. For they still lay on the soft moss gazing into the shady trees while Puck told his marvellous stories.


  37. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "shady" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    blue; broach; clouded; corrupt; criminal; crooked; dark; derogatory; devious; disgraceful; dishonest; dishonorable; disreputable; doubtful; dubious; dusky; evasive; felonious; fishy; foul; fraudulent; gloomy; ignoble; ignominious; immoral; indirect; infamous; inglorious; insidious; leafy; murky; notorious; obscure; purple; queasy; queer; questionable; racy; risky; risque; rotten; salty; screened; seamy; sexy; shabby; shadow; shadowy; shady; shameful; shameless; shifty; shoddy; sinister; slippery; sly; sordid; spicy; suggestive; suspect; suspicious; tricky; twilight; unconscientious; unconscionable; underhanded; unethical; unprincipled; unsavory; unscrupulous; veiled; wicked


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    shady place; shady places