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Sentence Examples The mullet, that dodgy haircut with short top and long back, is making a comeback. A whistle-blower last night said a dodgy computer system was to blame for sparking travel chaos. Instead I had a dodgy job for a dodgier boss, working out of a four floor walk-up above a bridal wholesalers in Soho. Whilst reveling in the acoustic rhythmic paradise I was jilted by the interruption of some very dodgy saxophone notes. They've tried to weld a couple of numbers onto a dodgy story, and they've done it with performers who can act. I thought it was well dodgy and I hope they get one back against them in Turin. A Russion oil tycoon holes up in London after some dodgy dealings in his home country. It wasn't quite as rarefied as Royal Ascot, and the weather was dodgy to say the least, but it was still fun to go racing at Ayr. It's an almond kernel housed within a date and enrobed in dodgy Middle Eastern chocolate. Turns out dodgy panelbeating is a valuable skill on a little windblown island in the middle of nowhere. It had a really dodgy smell and Isabel had to hold her nose to prevent herself from inhaling it. It will undoubtedly stun and amaze you to know that my fashion sense has always been a bit dodgy. The Louvre has sent a tiny St George that shows how dodgy was his early grasp of animal and human anatomy. There are so many joys to it, from dodgy food at dodgy roadhouses to the struggle of finding a decent radio station in rural Australia. The resellers' names came to Microsoft through a dodgy distributor which went into liquidation. Expect your first time to feel akin to being strapped to a dodgy roller skate in the middle of a quarry. They aren't roller skates, they're in-line skates, and I feel decidedly dodgy on them. The big round-ups of dodgers and the dodgy by police and the military in that earlier war were repeated on an even greater scale. He got all his numerical facts wrong and then blamed the runholders for giving him dodgy data. Maybe he has been to a few dodgy sessions and then has tarred all guitarists with the same brush! Show More Sentences During her speech, Mrs Hewitt also launched a major consultation on new powers to tackle dodgy doorstep salesmen. We got to one of the entrance gates and followed the fence round until we met the first group of dodgy scallies. Isn't it just a teeny-weeny bit dodgy to have an advert of a grown man surrounded by children? Back then it was a scungy, beer-sticky pub frequented by persons with muddy boots, dodgy connections and dubious personal hygiene. Over the past two decades his output has ranged from the driving Senegalese style, mbalax, through to dodgy western-influenced ballads. After bringing the railways to the city, he fell from grace over dodgy financial dealings. Bad experiences of haggling with illegal touts on the street or in dodgy minicab offices are rooted in people's minds. There was also the particular problem that, as well as many decent and well-intentioned people, we got mixed up with some thoroughly dodgy ones. His mum had warned me that he had been suffering from a dodgy tum for a couple of days. To be fair, they did point out that the business school was built with dodgy arms-deal money, or Monopoly money, or something. Finally they find a dodgy motel that has some space, but the proprietor tells them the only room left contains one single bed. Ossington Avenue was a crumbling street of dodgy garages and boarded-up business, sketchy strip clubs and bullet-ridden karaoke joints. In an effort to transcend the dodgy sound quality and high prices of bootlegs, the band has recorded every concert over the past three years. A boyfriend and I were walking home to a bedsit in a dodgy part of Edinburgh in the small hours of the morning. Her blonde hair may be a slightly botched job from a dodgy salon in Cannes, but she doesn't like her roots showing. The moniker was awarded to him because he fought the attempts to promote dodgy Bottom of the Harbour tax evasion schemes. Neil was youthful as ever, sporting a dodgy vest and bouffy hairdo that harked back to the early Crowdies days. No dodgy soldering on a breadboard here, there's a custom PCB with no loose wires at all. He ought to be retiring to the nick after all the dodgy warrants he signed for Inspector Fiend. A bubble car hobbles past at one point to fix us in time, or maybe it's a dodgy pop star wig on the run. Show More Sentences To reach the outside world, you have to drive 50 miles of vertiginous, winding canyon roads, where cell-phone service is dodgy at best. Buying any new, unproven French vintage en primeur, when the wine is still maturing in cask, is a dodgy business. He is prone to being overweight, to having a dodgy knee, to not being able to stay fit for a full season. I even have a picture of me some years later in a very dodgy checked shirt taken at the Welsh Mountain Zoo. Some have doubtless already written their heavyweight obituaries about the man with the dodgy chin who was the best of a bad bunch. He thinks he will have to tell Stuart to call the wedding off because Sindi is dodgy. At first, it was dodgy boxing promotions in his native Gold Coast, Queensland. His dodgy memoirs are ultimately more thrilling than the open-and-shut casebook of Sherlock Holmes. I came across far too many dodgy cylinder O-rings in the short time we were there. I've never been a fan of the out-of-town shopping experience, with its huge, characterless soulless warehouses and dodgy trading ethics. For there to be a dodgy track amongst these 32 would be as imaginable as Abba releasing a CD of hookless ditties. It is a dark comedy about three former students and a dodgy journalist who hatch a sure-fire get-rich-quick scheme. Instead of the often surly and obsessed golfer with a dodgy sense of humour a more humble and accessible golfer came to light. I also want to set out, for the record, the paper trail that shows just how dodgy the behaviour of this Government is. All I need is a cheap tweed coat with leather patches at my elbows and I could be dodgy salesman of the year. Pharming attacks use DNS poisoning or domain hijacks to redirect users to dodgy urls. But Crikey's sources also say there's still the odd dodgy inducement here and there. This is a very dodgy position to be in, as complacency and boredom can quickly set in. Fortunately he gave up and drove off, leaving us to enjoy the rest of the night pigging out on western style food and booze and dodgy films. She has a strong physical presence, and her supporting cast of flaky models and dodgy men is conjured up with elegant economy. Show More Sentences Neither problem was fully conquered here, still less with the dodgy leaps at the close. They drink too much, stay up too late, hang around dodgy parts of town and consort with older men. With no advertising pop-ups or spyware, your computer and your privacy will be safe so long as you don't download any dodgy files. Manchester, by comparison, is a gleaming metropolis of cosmopolitan glamour and dodgy haircuts. Among the dodgy remedies are cowpats to draw boils, liquid paraffin to ease constipation and vinegar for almost everything. They were just based on some report from a dodgy journalist, with probably no foundation whatsoever. Time passes slowly as the cast expend most of their energy on dodgy accents, very little on the performances and none at all on picking up cues. Self-diagnosis is dodgy at best and when it comes to trying to determine whether you are a cyberchondriac, it's bit of a Catch-22 situation. According to council reports, two thirds of the houses are decrepit with out-of-date heating systems, crumbling walls and dodgy electrics. The last thing Leeds need right now is podgy referees overruling linesmen and giving seriously dodgy goals against them. I certainly can't vouch for the source, which looks pretty dodgy to me, but this argues otherwise. In Primorsko in some areas it is now impossible to even see the sea due to a corrupt mayor doing dodgy deals. Car hire companies cannot afford to send out a car with dodgy brakes or a low oil level. He's not the worst candidate in the field but he has a bit of dodgy salesman about him. When it's time to have work done on a property, many are tempted by cheap deals from dodgy builders. It is here that she meets her second husband or partner, a dodgy, unreliable character. We have to be alert to the possibility that something dodgy might be happening. Cowboy traders and dodgy doorstep salesmen are prowling around, ready to pounce on the unsuspecting or the plain gullible. And sadly, this means I have only my dodgy recollection to double check my account with. If some business at the margin gets turned away because it is slightly dodgy, then so be it. Show More Sentences They protect me on the long road between here and Johannesburg, alone with a small child in a dodgy car that only miracles keep going. Still, the roads in this country are not very safe at night, and the airport is still a dodgy proposition. Nothing fazes him, least of all his dodgy heart, which he considers merely a blip on a perfect landscape. According to British Vogue, things got rather dodgy in the mysterious land of Sardinia. It was a dodgy existence, sharing more with high-risk adventure sports than gentlemanly pursuits. He also evened out dodgy quality by blending wines grown in differing microclimates within Champagne and across both hot and cold vintages. We drank that dodgy cheap wine which is akin to beetroot juice and has negligible alcohol content. If you struggled through my early podcasts with the terrible audio and dodgy sound levels this will bring a sense of nostalgia. No, take it as read that United will not win the title this season, that defence is still too dodgy and the goalkeeper doesn't inspire. I affected my dodgy fake Irish accent and got chatting to a group of Canberra Uni students. Yes, there is the odd dodgy track and occasional dreadful lyric, but on the whole this album is far better than many would of dreamed possible. It was an old double-decker with a real dodgy paint job, as if done by a bunch of kids on day release. It is a very dodgy user interface but you can't really complain about 250 megs for free. As a general rule, if in doubt, discard any dodgy outer leaves and wash well. It can spot a dodgy dram of whisky, a mucky drop of water or adulterated petrol, in moments. In the soap, Richard Hillman gained infamy for his dodgy dealings and ruthless behaviour, killing anyone who got in the way of villainous schemes. I presume the importer is listed on that list of dodgy dealers. Probably not, but don't expect the market power argument to get a run in the face of patriotic fervour surrounding our Aussie white knight fending off the dodgy Swiss raiders. I'm sure that two slightly dodgy copies of eighteenth-century portraits and casts of busts of Sir Walter and Napoleon would be quite safe in my keeping. Over the last few years, both in Ireland and the UK, the dodgy drivers are less and less the little flat-capped Sunday driver and more the ultra-idiotic White Van Man. Show More Sentences When, two years ago, Mortimer gave us Rumpole Rests His Case, with its last story featuring our hero being carted off horizontal with a dodgy ticker, there was much lamenting. But most children swallow this dodgy concept hook, line and sinker. Everybody else thought we were dodgy work-experience students on the blag. He finds himself drawn on a journey involving phrenology, the dodgy science of determining mental prowess from bumps on the head, involving a machine called a psychograph. A flashy tosspot TV weatherman living beyond his means, his lotto hostess girlfriend and a dodgy mate try to rig a lottery win, but have trouble collecting. Or the fact that the country's national strategic reserve of maize was sold off wholesale at cut-rate prices two years ago in a series of dodgy transactions. We should of course always make sure that dodgy toys are binned, car seats are safe and secure, matches are well out of reach and knives are not used for juggling. The fact that this meant taking a ship with a dodgy condenser round Scotland through the wild seas of January doesn't seem to have worried anybody. As I say, it is constitutionally very shonky and very dodgy. This means you could be using a dodgy foundation that should have been binned months ago or throwing out a lipstick that still had a lot of life left in it. It's pretty middling stuff, with a tricksy mannerism of freeze-framing the action at the end of a scene, which makes it look like a dodgy DVD pressing. Brazil are looking magnificent in attack, if decidedly dodgy at the back. The word furtive might have been invented to describe his dodgy demeanour. She took up the miserable chore of attending dodgy networking events, but out of that morass came the character of Tallah. A large number of dodgy documents have turned up over the last month. The goods on offer included cars, art and dodgy sports memorabilia. Now I knew an ingredient may be dodgy and no matter how good or bad the meal tasted, I was going to dwell on the fact it was irrevocably, Old Lard. Apart from climate and pest control, English wine is greatly hampered by dodgy winemaking, with oxidation and overdosing with sulphur still common faults. He has revolutionised Test cricket with his policy of scoring runs fast, yet on a dodgy wicket he is perhaps the most unremovable batsman spawned. For many workers, their time in Singapore involves an intricate web of deals, kickbacks, dodgy contracts, exploitation and abuse. Show More Sentences The very premise makes for a dodgy commercial undertaking, thus kudos to Anderson for venturing on it. But unlike Gingrich, who was loaded for bear, Romney was still defensive, disingenuous, and dodgy. After a decadent weekend in the company of friends, I found myself in a dodgy hotel flanked by eager minds and stomachs. Uncritical assumptions and buzzwords like these can lead to dodgy design. Like everyone else, he was shocked to see her charming new husband dishing out dodgy advice and even trying to diddle Emily and the Duckworths out of their life-savings. It's a caper through London's East End in the company of four blokes with a proprietorial interest in a boozer, which acts as the control centre for their dodgy enterprises. All this makes Nordic walking a good training option for anyone with dodgy knees, as well as being useful for rehabilitation after sports injuries. His driving was dodgy, his irons iffy, and his body still troubled by a few aches and pains, not the least of which is a back problem that requires weekly chiropractice. There's plenty of fun though, and hints of Buchan and Childers, as the trio pursue their quarry to Inverness, shadowed by some dodgy German-speaking monks. That is the sort of devious, dodgy tactic this Government gets up to. Unrelenting tosh, it mixes dodgy accents with over-ripe dialogue, hammy performances and the kind of pell-mell pace that leaves little room for subtlety or reflection. In fact, that is what the dodgy dealers out there are already saying. A nifty footballer and a dab hand at catch and chase, Matthew admitted he thought he was going to lose her after she had an operation for a dodgy heart. In her book she still defends the same dodgy, unhistorical methodology. These races require competitors to climb and descend steep, sometimes dodgy off-piste terrain using climbing skins and lightweight alpine-touring skis, boots, and bindings. It's all great stuff, despite the dodgy quality of the audio and video. Manager's and supporter's say nothing when their team score's an offside goal or a dodgy penalty and when one of their player's get away with cheating they never see it. China has been a leading source of dodgy carbon offsets used by the EU carbon trading scheme. Only a man with a dodgy moustache, a sinister glint in his eye and a sackful of puppies in the boot of his car is likely to raise their suspicions. But education for its own sake is a bit dodgy, too. The idea that you can learn about the world sitting in your study just reading books is not quite right. Show More Sentences Women who currently work the streets are putting themselves in danger not from the punters although some are dodgy but the pimps who extort these women. Travel stories can be a dodgy proposition, quite often varying between the detached, amused air of Western superiority and the slavish worship of all things foreign. Where you once safely drove around the dodgy streets of seedy inner-city suburbs, you're now confined to relying on your alertness and stealth to ensure safe passage. We almost baulked at the dodgy exposed climb needed to reach it. One final cascade lay in our way and after carefully free climbing this, declining the use of the rather dodgy looking handline in place, we found ourselves at a deep pool. The only weak point, and it's piffling, is the dodgy soundtrack. Just being general here-don't attack my dodgy encapsulation. Today, boiler rooms refer to unregulated companies that use high-pressure selling tactics to peddle dodgy shares by providing false or misleading information. Jessie obviously had no probs filling dodgy denims her soap character wouldn't be seen dead in. The more money the better, because there is always that dodgy politician or corrupt official to bribe. This is a slightly dodgy plan, because there is a lot that is being changed for this fix. Much of that money went into dodgy mortgages to buy overvalued houses, and the financial crisis was the result. The French Riviera has long been a favorite playland for dodgy characters of all stripes. But instead it squandered its chance with some dodgy CGI, even wobblier dialogue and that fat bloke off The Full Monty. Neither haute cuisine nor dodgy kebab, it's a mostly bland blend of the cloying and the predictable. Neither haute cuisine nor dodgy curry, it's a bland blend of cloying predictability. Usually it's dodgy web sites, or possibly email viruses, that might contain and infect your machine with a rootkit. With their sharp hooves, lizard-like eyes and dodgy teeth, these sheep are evil little bleaters. And before you ask, the band are not named after a dodgy Australian soap or the DH Lawrence bodice ripper. Ministers were left looking as trustworthy as the dodgy conmen who knock on your door and want to charge a fortune for the shoddiest work. Show More Sentences Zoe Anderson, 24, died at her home in Bath, Somerset, after deadly fumes leaked out of a dodgy boiler flue pipe. I don't find anything remotely sexy about a rasping ditty that sounds like an advert for a dodgy chat line. A lot of the cars being stripped down in chop shops are older models and the components are harvested for sale to dodgy mechanics. Over the last few weeks we've seen everything from trampolinists and a dog that can hypnotise people, to dodgy DJs and terrifying roller skaters. Hold up, its the boys in blue Hide my dodgy ciggies will you Coming round here, it's a joke Harassing the innocent folk I'll complain. He has a mate who's a car mechanic and, like me, calls on Tony whenever he has a leak, or a dodgy boiler, or a cracked U-bend. The area is quite residential but the underpasses are known to be quite dodgy. It's a book which spawned some more books which went on to work its way into the national consciousness and become a watchword for dodgy nookie. But when he is reassigned to the vice squad he has to keep his new colleagues in the dark to make sure the dodgy deal stays alive. The more they vituperated about Brown's dodgy eyesight, the clearer people could see this was just unfair, bullying even. Investigators yesterday revealed a dodgy defroster timer was the cause of around 20 fires in London alone. Gwyn, 33, sported her dodgy do for din-dins with Coldplay hubby Chris Martin and buddies Madonna and Guy Ritchie at Luciano in London's Mayfair. Keira Knightley was snapped in LA looking very grungy with her short hair and a dodgy tracksuit top. The dodgy clothes, even dodgier hairdos, grating transatlantic twang and now she's telling her fans to go do drugs. Chris serves up a rogue risotto in the Diner and, because the dodgy dish contains death cap mushrooms, both Alf Stewart and Leah collapse and pass out. The vain Laird of Kiltie has one true love, his kilts, and the dodgy Mr Harris and Mr Tweed promise to come up with an unforgettable birthday kilt specially for him. Don't expect to read me slagging off dodgy spot-kicks any time soon. His mood was not helped by a dodgy computer, a problem of tsunami proportions for the notorious technophobe, and the thought of going to a book-signing empty handed. It's back when Joe Public hated the police, coppers were as dodgy as Ray's curly hairdo, and sexism in the workplace was rifer than at a Benny Hill convention. Asked why, a spokesman gave a dodgy answer about legal ramifications. Show More Sentences Scots star Peter Capaldi plays his dodgy colleague Dr Ronnie Pilfery. But if bodysurfing or dancing on the tables in ski boots to dodgy Europop isn't your scene, then there is lots more entertainment on offer, as I discovered on my latest visit. While Megan thinks they should approach dodgy Josh to find out where Rachel is, a panicked Jai takes the opposite view and can't scarper quick enough. Vanquish all the dodgy bits from our literary heritage and all we would be left with is a bunch of words that are safe, secure, and stultifyingly soporific. Their greasy hair, baseball caps and dodgy string vests are hilarious and while their sound is nothing new, their comedy value more than makes up for it. Hear Brad Pitt trying to talk like a dodgy Irish geezer, begorra. Aside from not being afraid to go for the dayglo green Spiderplant Man suit, there's one scene where Rowan scares Jane Mary off with his dodgy dancing. Five of the elite armed squad that protect the PM with high-powered pistols and sub-machine guns have dodgy eyes and are being sent for laser surgery to improve their sight. The book covers the invisible web, terrorism monitoring, government websites, anonymised search, the prevention of internet fraud and how to spot dodgy customers. Examples from Classical Literature There was Scarfe, light and dodgy, ready for a run or a neat drop-kick from half-back. And who will decide, and on what basis, who are the dodgy landlords on which you will clamp down? Elsewhere rising damp, dodgy meat pies, and a flooded basement the Carters can cope with. We are aware of several scams, and have received a number of complaints about dodgy clairvoyants. He had 49 days to get over his exertions and was prepared by the country's greatest trainer, not some dodgy coper from Appleby Fair. Don't be palmed off with a dodgy insurance-based warranty full of weasel words. For the uninitiated, bogeys were self-built go-carts with a dodgy rope steering system. The motorised boards were found to have dodgy charging adaptors and unsafe batteries. Plugs, switches, chargers, cables and batteries all failed checks, with some branded with dodgy safety markings. The Staggies had a goal ruled out for heehaw, a couple of dodgy offsides went against them and even the Dons equaliser came about after a bizarre decision from the officials. The 19-year-old from Kirkby has been snapped up by new Liverpool modelling firm Bedazzled months after being ripped off by dodgy agency boss Phil Foster. Johnny Depp's latest comedy caper has him donning a rakish moustache and a adopting a plummy accent to play roguish British aristocrat and dodgy art dealer Charlie Mortdecai. Mortdecai 107mins 12A JOHNNY Depp dons a rakish moustache and adopts a plummy accent to play roguish British aristocrat and dodgy art dealer Charlie Mortdecai. We've seen some dodgy taches but this Movember has reached a new height. Find more words! 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What is the opposite of dodgy? Words that rhyme with dodgy What is the adverb for dodgy? What is the adjective for dodgy? What is the noun for dodgy? Translations for dodgy Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words Dodgson dodging dodgily dodgiest dodgier dodges dodman dodo Dodona dodos Dodson doe 5-letter Words Starting With d do dod dodg