Sentence examples for quite shadowy from inspiring English sources

When adapting the characters for film, Thompson found that in the novel, "Edward and Brandon are quite shadowy and absent for long periods," and that "making the male characters effective was one of the biggest problems.

For a holy man who continues to influence so many humble Christians and Muslims, he is quite a shadowy figure.

Fortunately, elder fraud isn't quite the shadowy phenomenon it used to be, because this and other research projects are unearthing some of its underlying dynamics.

He smiles, but you do not quite trust him or the shadowy shapes that appear to lurk in the background.

His speed of response suggests Danny isn't quite the vulnerable patsy his shadowy enemies might wish.

For some reason, words weren't enough quite yet to describe the shadowy scenes in my head, so I began outlining with pictures.

"Ansar al-Shariah is not only a shadowy group, it's also quite factionalized," the official said.

Forbidding and aloof, he never quite emerges as a distinct personality from the shadowy darkness of his realm, not even in the myth of his abduction of Persephone.

On television, a rebel spokesman announced the creation of a "junta of national salvation" to reverse the country's "decline", but no one is quite sure what this means.Members of a shadowy local group called the Frente Democrata Cristã (FDC) have apparently been spotted among the coup plotters.

The always contrarian investor has managed to stir up quite a bit of ill will with his shadowy support of the lawsuit that brought Gawker to its knees and his vocal — and now financial — support for Donald Trump.

Theories abound on why the blue lights might deter crime: perhaps because their bright and attention-grabbing incandescence makes shadowy niches feel more open and exposed — or, quite the opposite, that they have a mysterious calming effect.