The neighborhood quickly took on its seedy character during the California Gold Rush (1848-1858).

As he went, the street gradually took on a seedier character, and the number of pedestrians began to dwindle.

This will certainly keep many of those seedy characters out.

And, driving into Scarburn, it occurred to me that this was just the sort of place some seedy character would want to hole up.

Even genteel Bath had its seedy characters and sleazy areas.

Troubled faith, espionage, unforgiving, "cinematic" realism, seedy characters in sordid places.

She was instantly afraid she might be better off with aliens or Bester than this seedy character.

A van pulled up and these seedy characters made us stand against a wall.

Robillard had watched a seedy character come out and pay off a street urchin.

Nestled near the downtown area, the Tenderloin has historically resisted gentrification, maintaining a seedy character and reputation for crime.