| 1. | With his collar turned up, his shiny, seedy coat, his red cravat, and his worn boots, he was a perfect sample of the class. - from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle |
| 2. | There was a seedy old chest, and an old hair trunk with the hinges broke. - from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Complete by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) |
| 3. | Beside the couch was a wooden chair, and on the angle of the back hung a very seedy and disreputable hard-felt hat, much the worse for wear, and cracked in several places. - from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle |
| 4. | The same afternoon brought a grey-headed, seedy visitor, looking like a Jew pedlar, who appeared to me to be much excited, and who was closely followed by a slip-shod elderly woman. - from A Study In Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle |