Seamier

"The Touch-Up," is a spine-chilling new novel that rips the cover off Poughkeepsie's upholstery industry and exposes its "seamier" side. ❋ Miss Snark (2006)

Richards confronts us unapologetically with all the seamier aspects of his life, to the point where the reader -- I refer here to myself -- finds himself asking: Why am I reading this? ❋ Peter Clothier (2011)

It's hard to find examples of groups who are consistent in taking a detached view of their own past (human beings are not known for being consistent), but I would say that many countries look at their own pasts without flinching from the seamier side. ❋ Unknown (2010)

And with a lot of QDR-talk in the air, I think it is worth refocusing a bit on some of the seamier, less idea-based drivers of policy. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Dum Maaro Dum, a Hindi thriller, also sought to show its seamier side. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Alfred Sarant's life was equally unusual, with parts rivaling some of the seamier episodes of "Days of Our Lives." ❋ Allen M. Hornblum (2011)

But Ms. Prose does little do advance this seamier angle the gun comes into play, but the scene is anticlimactic and instead mostly uses Lula as a tart observer of the malaise that the author perceived settling over the American suburbs during the drawn-out Iraq War. ❋ Sam Sacks (2011)

The glass shard of a building makes the dingy three-and five-story buildings next door seem dingier, and the seamy building boasting adult videos and scantily-clad mannequins even seamier. ❋ Dana Rubinstein (2011)

Comstock seized on another story, an even seamier tale about a Wall Streeter's seduction of a teenage girl, to persuade federal prosecutors to go after Woodhull and her sister, Zulu. ❋ Scott Greenfield (2010)

With "Layover," Dan Fesperman conducts a fast-paced tour of the seamier side of this "eerie insta-city," bringing to mind the exotic locales in his previous novel, "The Prisoner of Guantanamo." ❋ Peter Earnest (2010)

Neistat, who with his brother Van recently launched one of the most talked about shows on TV, has already tackled Chatroulette and when to pull the subway emergency brake, uses his unique filmmaking skills to unravel the seamier side of Facebook. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I asked Low how the upheaval affected him, since the conflict reveals the seamier side of the publishing industry. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Now Giovanni stood in an unpaved street in a seamier part of town. ❋ Hilary Duff (2010)

Beaton was initially grateful to James for introducing him to "the seamier side of life" in New York, but they later fell out. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Giolas, who was also a frequent blogger, posting reports on popular online newsblog Troktiko, sought to illuminate Greece's seamier underside. ❋ Unknown (2010)