Sentence examples for shady means from inspiring English sources

They have enriched themselves overnight, by shady means.

They speak of the "original sin" of private entrepreneurs who got rich by shady means.

Tired of waiting, some have turned to shady means.Since the Beijing government introduced the lottery system in 2011, taking part in it has become, as one Chinese newspaper put it, a "mass movement".

Inequality remains an official taboo but a sizeable minority – thanks to remittances and shadier means – has designer clothes, iPods and cash to enjoy restaurants with tourist prices.

The lander finally came to rest near a cliff, but the shady location meant that, except for a brief interlude in mid-2015, itsolarar panels were unable to catch the sun's rays.

A Recipe for Fun Cooking in relation to books usually means shady business.

"They're not going to be involved with something that was shady, by any means".

The most curious is louche (#3), which means "dubious" or "shady" and, as Corbett observes in his memo, inexplicably found its way into the paper 27 times over 5 months.

And when I say "shady dealings" I mean stuff like alleged bid rigging, suspicious out-of-state travel, illegal swapping of city-owned cars, and corruption and campaign finance violations.

Today there are Serbian Facebook appreciation sites ­devoted to Mucke, the Serbo-Croat name for Only Fools and Horses, which translated means "suspicious job" or "shady business".

As the new Steven Spielberg movie shows, Lincoln had a goal and pursued it methodically through various means, some shady.