Sentence examples for dodgy about from inspiring English sources

"dodgy about" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It means uncertain or hesitant about something. You can use it in formal or informal writing, as well as in spoken English. Example: I was a bit dodgy about the new project proposal because it seemed too ambitious.

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As with all corporations in the movies, there is something very dodgy about it.

"There is no way that Trevor would have agreed to accompany Karl Hayes if he thought there was anything dodgy about it," she said.

There is, in any case, something dodgy about a dead popes society, smacking as it does of heavenly joys for the boys.

And while many hoteliers acknowledge that such tastes represent a niche market, hotels that aspire to be child-free are dodgy about saying so.

The deal is brokered in the restaurant's private bar, the Havana Room all cosy banquettes, swirling cigar smoke, low lighting and olde-worlde trappings.Bill knows there's something a bit dodgy about the deal.

The Clinton Administration has been dodgy about its commitment to unseal diplomatic and intelligence documents that may directly connect Gen. Augusto Pinochet to crimes committed during his 17-year dictatorship over Chile.

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In the evening, there are phone calls about changing my phone tariff, or taking out a loan, or dodgy claims about winning a holiday in a contest that I hadn't entered.

Rather, more dodgy information about her true parentage is in store.

Or that Cologne needs a dodgy campanile about as much as the Italians need a German recipe for red sauce.

Remember Madeleine Stowe, from Twelves Monkeys, The Last Of The Mohicans and that dodgy western about prossies with Andie MacDowell?

He then tells what sounds like a version of those dodgy jokes about the Irishman, the Scotsman and the Englishman.

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