Sentence examples for seemed fishy from inspiring English sources

Among the flagged loans were those in which appraisals seemed fishy or the mortgages went to borrowers with credit scores far below acceptable levels.

The former Dolphins linebacker Zach Thomas told the Miami radio station WQAM that the line of inactive Jets players seemed fishy, too orderly, obviously instructed.

The notion that algebra would ever be useful seemed fishy, but the grownups insisted: education, no matter how apparently arbitrary, leads to jobs.

His reluctance to help Dom DiPierro in her investigations has seemed fishy to date, but here he seems to have come round to her way of thinking and offers apparently honest advice on how to pursue her inquiries.

I was sure I'd find some woodsy flavor what with "exotic" mushrooms and white truffle broth, or at least catch a whiff of the grill from the charred corn, but all these bundles tasted of was the sea, which in the case of crab, seemed fishy.

The atmosphere seemed fishy enough.

The whole thing seems fishy".

In one case, he writes, "police searched the wrong house and still located evidence against the intended target".At least some of the evidence seems fishy.

The second time a woman appeared out of nowhere, to ululate and shout the praises of Hosni Mubarak in front of television cameras, something started to seem fishy.

Doesn't it seem fishy that he should become involved with Trotsky's secretary after writing an admiring interview with her master for the UK press?

"If you get an e-mail or see something on the Web about health insurance reform that seems fishy, send it to [email protected]".gov