How To Use Edgy In A Sentence

I'm feeling a bit edgy about the exam tomorrow.
The czar looked a bit edgy, but his son the czarevich seemed confident.
She's been a bit edgy lately, waiting for the exam results.
The Chinese authorities remain acutely aware of Ai's complex and innovative heresy and in China, an "edgy" artist has to face greater challenges than mockery or dismissive critics. Ai Weiwei: The rebel who has suffered for his art
Daniel - yeah, now suffering post-wedgy issues - let's just say get them to do a full harness check instead of a "quicky" becuase you an in a chair. oh that sounded rude too Wheelchair indoor rock climbing? Beth pays to get a wedgy.

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She could not become the shrill edgy hurried harridan the war had tried to make her while his square, leisurely, beflowered, inscrutable figure passed daily up and down between those pale considerable buildings. Maid in Waiting
They are really cool and more edgy than the shopping centres. The Sun
The rest of the disc isn't as sonically edgy, but the sounds and settings that Bowie & Ronson worked up for each are strikingly appropriate.
There's an edgy feel to it. The Sun
It was slightly edgy - yet safe. Times, Sunday Times
With its wedgy profile, trapezoidal front grille and abbreviated rear end, it clearly speaks the corporation's latest design language. Times, Sunday Times
There's an edgy, youthful feel to the sprawling stone downtown, where gaggles of short-haired, punky students walk narrow, walled streets.
Parts of it are dark and edgy. The Sun
Fronted by Alan Donohoe, they specialise in creating angular working class anthems that are packed with sharp, edgy guitars and socially relevant lyrics.
He then used the flat iron to bump the ends for a modern edgy finish.
As long as networks keep pumping out edgy entertainment (if only by pre-teen standards,) who cares where they draw their inspiration?
When his neophyte cast pull it off, their exchanges have an appealingly edgy authenticity.
Her voice is good if not emotionally gripping and her songs have an attractive quality but an edgy stimulant is sadly lacking.
It was edgy and over-the-top, with enough random cinematic references to keep even the most knowledgeable film geek happy.
The piccadill was the edgy fashion of the early 17th century. Times, Sunday Times
By the way, Freckletits playing a nympho is about as edgy as Danny DeVito playing a short guy. FRECKLETITS TAKES PAY CUT TO PLAY NYMPHO
It is hard not to gasp at the speed of the ascent and my admiration is more marked, and more edgy, because I know that the whole structure is balanced on a bearing the size of a small, round coffee table, like a pencil poised on the tip of its lead.
The people who loved them told me that the person in question appreciated edgy music with a quirky edge.
Weinstein said Mistic, whose edgy advertising includes controversial basketball star Dennis Rodman, is strongest among young, inner-city consumers.
Lauren Child's spiky, sophisticated artwork offers an edgy alternative to the cosy anthropomorphism with which publishers tend to pad their lists.
Lots of people like that aggressive, edgy side in a motorbike - this journalist included. The Sun
Happily, Rowan's efforts are as edgy and buzzing with street life as the argot he describes.
He was edgy, picking away at his arm, not making eye contact and appeared to have weighty matters on his mind. The Sun
So this week I've had the triple whammy of being busy, edgy and suddenly noticing a few people around seem to be looking unexpectedly good.
Child 44 is a remarkable debut novel - inventive, edgy and relentlessly gripping from the first page to the last. Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith: Book summary
Its rough and edgy production makes the record sound perfect for the demented brand of new wave garage rock the band were practicing at the time.
The edgy, rebellious streak in his character could only be intensified by his somewhat beleaguered isolation in this respect.
Too often work described as ‘edgy’ is really sententious and predictable.
One of them is a real movie-star movie, however edgy Julia Roberts's performance.
Yet despite a third-act plunge into compromised stodge (which is unsurprising considering its star names), there's some surprisingly edgy humour at work in this darker-than-expected comedy from German-born writer-director Derrick Borte. Mark Kermode's DVD round-up
I think there were times when you could see we were a little bit edgy.
It feels edgy for us so we were really worried for their safety. The Sun
My client wants a very edgy and flashy style, but her content is dry and the writing is not of the same style as she wants the design.
He's young, stubbly and scruffy, a slouchy cool that makes one think that Kate must be cool and edgy, too. 'Kate-alikes': Would-be princesses find a new muse in Kate Middleton
This feels a rather edgy thing to do. Times, Sunday Times
Keep it looking edgy by taking the liner right into the tear duct. Times, Sunday Times
For even more (!) about harira and why I love it, check out my blog Edgy Veggie. Ellen Kanner: Meatless Monday: Life in the Fast Lane
For several years, since the huge successes of the Young British Artists made their once-edgy stamping grounds of Hoxton and Shoreditch wealthier but blander, emerging artists have been moving further from the centre for more affordable space. How power, money and art are shifting to the East End
Petronio transforms these time-tested techniques into his singular brand of adrenalized, edgy dance.
So was the atmosphere in the National Stadium on April 22, with gun-toting and decidedly edgy cops and soldiers just about outnumbering the spectators.
It has got to have an edgy feel. Times, Sunday Times
If you have ever walked into a room that made you feel edgy or uneasy, it probably is out of balance.
They are really cool and more edgy than the shopping centres. The Sun
The emphasis on cheesiness in Coeur de Lion and on the 'bad bad' in Minnis seem to me to be wanting to mobilise our ideas of the 'poorly written', the 'formalistic', the 'faux-edgy' as these things themselves are sort of the contraband property of poetry and literature in this time and place. David's comment
Why is the phrase CCCP fun and edgy, while the merest mention of the Third Reich is bad? I didn't quite catch that...
Perhaps that's why, behind the affable front, he seems edgy.
Nobody is going to give you another text wedgy … well, unless you give them an opportunity. Think Progress » Limbaugh: Volcanic eruption in Iceland is God’s reaction to health care’s passage.
Her one-room gallery features colorful, edgy pieces of fine art and contemporary crafts produced by local and out-of-state artists.
These two close encounters of the edgy kind seemed to calm the champion's nerves. ITF World of Tennis
Granted, they do have a distinct sound, a wide array of musical sounds and edgy lyrics.
In formal structure, Mortal Thoughts blends two rich but infrequently employed musical traditions: the chamber operas of Benjamin Britten and his musical descendants (characterized by the use of small orchestral forces) and the experimental, edgy opera monodramas of composers like Schoenberg, (Erwartung, Die glückliche Hand) and Poulenc (La voix humaine). Rodney Punt: The Mortal Thoughts of Lady Macbeth: A Chamber Opera of Horrors at Fais Do-Do
I'd been waiting 25 minutes for a bus and was getting a little edgy.
It is not that he doesn't love The Chaser and the edgy modern British television sitcoms like Blackbooks, Bottom, Extras, The Office ... it's just that, if he's the one who's going to be spreading the laughs around, he wants them to be "sweetish". AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories
They started out with Prickle-Eye Bush from their first recording, six years ago, and were joined on stage by a sword swallower, before treating Cold Blows the Wind to an arrangement that mixed jazzy swing from the brass section with edgy playing from the three fiddlers. Bellowhead/Baghdaddies – review
There is enough out there that is what they call edgy and quite hard-hitting and modern and fashionable. Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph
Edgy technology converges with pop culture and creates a new kind of social connectivity.
The whole “gruff and edgy” husband/father based sitcom is a concept that currently does not have a strong showing on tv already. Fall 2009 TV Preview! « Giant Killer Squid - Film, Comics, News, Reviews and more
There, Obama scattered flower petals in remembrance of his mother, posed for a few pictures, and waded out to join a handful of locals populating a wedgy little peak on a small-wave day. Obama Surfs!
But pushing volume by discounting the product is an edgy strategy at best, especially in the early stages of the product life cycle.
Now she is stylish and edgy in designer gowns on the red carpet. The Sun
She's always been an edgy type of person.
This elegant edgy little piece of the interchange jigsaw has a glass roof supported by a pyramidal steel structure and profiled concrete columns.
It was a dark green, an edgy criss-cross, vertically going over his left eye.
The disc has a much more edgy, electronic sound that doesn't go over-the-top, but it does mix in elements that haven't existed on any of the band's previous discs.
Frankie errs on the side of edgy celeb rather than pimping stars spruiking the latest big Hollywood blockbuster.
It could have made the home side edgy if the Easter Road pups had applied more pressure but within a couple of minutes the two-goal cushion was restored.
But being slightly edgy and impatient, he struck a bit too soon.
With unbounded flair, Tia couples opalescent shades of princess and oyster in the finest cotton with stiff denim to capture the edgy allure of modern London.
As a novelist myself, I often experience those edgy emotions with respect to fellow novelists.
His first collection of edgy, neon, body-con bandage dresses took London by storm, with critics calling Kane the new Hervé Léger, Azzedine Alaïa or Gianni Versace. Christopher Kane: In Technicolor
Among edgy garrisons, with military pride an ingredient, something to be squashed immediately.
As a twenty-three-year-old woman living in New York City, I will assign myself the role of ambassador of my generation and attempt to respond to your article discussing the word edgy. No Uncertain Terms
We had become a bit edgy. Times, Sunday Times
In this watershed sequence, the oblique angles and edgy camerawork signal the presence of Jeffrey's gaze as his invisible aura surrounds Susan in her destitution.
A painting like Elevated was at once a confrontation with New York's urban jungle and an experiment in an edgy, high-toned, Cubist-derived modernism.
We're very excited about the excellent casting and the edgy and urban storylines.
Although saddled with a convoluted plot, he has invested his film with enough grit, panache and edgy style to make it thoroughly gripping.
She's been very edgy recently, waiting for the examination results.
Does anybody else remember the Bone Thugs actually being reasonably good, edgy, topical rappers?
With its no-frills, unplastered concrete walls and battered equipment, half of the thrill of training there is its edgy feel. Times, Sunday Times
I couldn't even eat lunch I've been so edgy.
It blends edgy, experimental programming with traditional arts offerings.
After promising Nicole to brief her on the next bus, I remained mostly silent and edgy until the end of the bus ride, at one point chastising Nicole for the question.
Similarly in entertainment, Podshow need more edgy comedy (Stern, Keith etc) More entertainment gossip (like perezhilton. com for audio - and not a madge weinstein tour around hollywood hills - awful btw that show) They also need younger targeted music shows in urban, R+B, hip hop, dance - Not everyone wants a retirement home XMAS song. Brittney Spears leaves Kevin for Adam Curry
The latter gave the album its edgy ambivalence about home and country. Times, Sunday Times
His editing is edgy, often favoring jump cuts and non-chronological constructions of scenes, for example intercutting glimpses of a fight with the conversation that preceded it.
With unbounded flair, Tia couples opalescent shades of princess and oyster in the finest cotton with stiff denim to capture the edgy allure of modern London.
He looks edgy, but wears chinos and waistcoats. Times, Sunday Times
He looks edgy, but wears chinos and waistcoats. Times, Sunday Times
There are murmurs amongst aficionados of his edgy, Gothic parables of Americana that he has gone over to The Other Side and become mainstream.
If you want a more deconstructed look rather than girly, trim off the ruffle hem binding of a tulle slip and the result will be more edgy than prom queen.
“Well alrighty then,” Lena proclaimed, sending them both into fits of edgy giggles. I.O.U.
In the moments before the cameras switch on, he's edgy, nervous, priming us with questions.
This, and the fact that Mike was a competitor, seemed to get Dmitri edgy: his face went entirely deadpan.
The album is overflowing with sweet harmonies and guitar riffs and beats that are edgy without being overbearing.
The Good Wife — despite now airing on Sundays in an earlier timeslot on the not-so-edgy CBS — gets viewers all hot and bothered with a scene between a bare-shouldered Alicia and a fully clothed Will in not-so-flagrante delicto. Top Moments: Flash-Dancing with Nancy Grace and The Good Wife's Sexy Tease
In person, the Esquire columnist and author of four books is hyperactive, edgy and funnier than any stand-up comic.
She uses an edgy, in-your-face style to break the communication barrier around the eternal issues and dilemmas of desire.
The label immediately seized upon their talent for blending edgy, high-pitched vocals with catchy guitar hooks, as epitomised by Float On.
She's been very edgy lately.
As I inched up the wall, the dead weight of my legs were giving me the most expensive wedgy I have ever paid for embarressing? Archive 2007-05-01
Wear on its own, or layer over jeans for an edgy 1990s feel. The Sun
Or maybe the twenty-year-old twigs dragged back from the all-night raves seemed less edgy and bedazzling over coffee? My Husband Came Back, Now What?
So there's that slightly edgy but exciting feeling that you've got to win the crowd over. The Sun
He was a business owner that pretty much started the mass exodus of what we would call guppies today from the more edgy and previous center of the gay community Polk neighborhood. A Bust for Harvey Milk 1: Press
It was slightly edgy - yet safe. Times, Sunday Times
The pitfall is that if some story aspect is already working, stretching can create distortion: characters that pass edgy and go straight to unnatural or unsympathetic, conflicts that no longer fit the tone or intent of the story, etc … Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Weapons of Mass Instruction
The shock has come not, as my friends had predicted, from swapping an edgy part of the capital for a pretty southeastern commuter town. Times, Sunday Times
You cannot quite put your finger on it but there is a distinctly edgy feel to the day. The Sun
She made Jeff edgy with her constant demands.
Moodier with an edgy vibe. The Sun
It depresses me that the best way to show that you're edgy in comics is to kill a loved secondary character, rape a main female character, or stuff a female girlfriend's dead body into a refrigerator. Randomage Agayne: Dead Celebrities, Dead Celebrities II, Dead Superheroes
According to reports, the edgy animal had slunk away into the darkness of the power outage, spreading panic among the thronging crowds.
The others were both in there, waiting; as shabbily-dressed and underfed as the first man, and looking edgy. NIGHT SISTERS
He overcame the initial seam movement, two perilously close lbw appeals and a few edgy moments before settling down into a dogged mode.
He described her as nervous, edgy, and particularly fearful of authority.
Kennedy skillfully evokes the atmosphere of an edgy defeated Germany and that of a victorious Britain awash in disappointment and disillusion, but she is at her best when conveying the turmoil inside her protagonist’s mind. Cover to Cover
He said it rather crossly, for his nerves were what he called edgy, and the girl still irritated him. The Lookout Man
While the lyrics don't specifically delve into his life there, his experiences seem to be told through the subtle text and edgy, country-folk styled ramblings.
London's organised-crime underworld, in all its diversity and brutality, is the setting for this edgy contemporary thriller.
The two differ in everything from their fashion preferences to their backgrounds to their personalities, but for these two edgy mothers, their diversity is their blessing and advantage in making a provocative shopping experience, the Popsy experience. The Popsy Experience
Daniel - yeah, now suffering post-wedgy issues - let's just say get them to do a full harness check instead of a "quicky" becuase you an in a chair. oh that sounded rude too Wheelchair indoor rock climbing? Beth pays to get a wedgy.
Cabaret of the Unlikely is an intense and edgy piece of theatre but due to the content I would fall far short of calling it entertaining and at an hour and three quarters it did get tedious in parts.
The snow tiger seemed edgy, and she sniffed the air as if searching for something.
Paul is manic and edgy on stage, with the occasional flash of surreal genius.
It starts with edgy trills from the soloist, but its overall direction of travel is into the silent darkness.
The edgy performance has wowed critics. Times, Sunday Times
Don't let the ads fool you into thinking this is some kind of edgy French thriller, by the way, or you'll be too annoyed by its unhurried pace to enjoy it.
There were sedgy plants in bloom, jack-in-the-pulpit, and what might have been a lily, with a more euphonious name. A Little Girl in Old Salem
The president, meanwhile, seemed excitable, edgy and sometimes ungrounded.
Its punchy sound is equally applicable to mainstream or alternative rock, with plenty of crossover into hip hop, funk and edgy country sounds.
When it works, it gives the film an appropriately edgy and uneasy feel.
Edward Norton is known for his intense, edgy dramatic roles (Primal Fear, American History X, Fight Club).
Critics have praised both her voice's rootedness and its edgy innovation. The Times Literary Supplement
The hilarious gags come at a slam-bang pace, and they're occasionally edgy.
We also think the Sedona's exterior styling is well done with an edgy but flowing design that actually made this large vehicle attractive.
In the car, Alex and I held hands for a brief moment and I felt less edgy about it.
The teenaged Cure played jagged, edgy pop songs before the group tinkered their way upwards into a more complex and competent machine.
Emi collected the two bags from him and set them on the floor some distance away, near to the wooden Buddha whose empty gaze made him edgy.
Needless to say, I am a little edgy about future adverse outcomes.
The winner of this year's Sundance Festival is edgy and no easy watch.
The baldhead, silly beard and naked torso would have been edgy enough to get front-page attention, why add to it an emaciated frame? Rosalyn Hoffman: Bald, Bewhiskered, or Vajazzled - Who Cares? Just Be Healthy
As they arrived in Latham, the familiar, edgy electronic Seinfeld music was momentarily replaced by a hillbilly twang.
Olyphant exudes charm and sleaze in about equal proportions, and his edgy performance steals the show.
With its wedgy profile, trapezoidal front grille and abbreviated rear end, it clearly speaks the corporation's latest design language. Times, Sunday Times
Try a little top over your dress to give a slightly edgy look. The Sun
If anything, it has been exacerbated by recent global tensions, those irritating near-wars which push up the temperature and make leaders edgy.
All the bands bring forth a unique combination of intelligent music fused with the unplugged sound of the acoustic guitar as well as the often edgy riffs that are the underground rock band's signature sound.
Lots of people like that aggressive, edgy side in a motorbike - this journalist included. The Sun
Wear on its own, or layer over jeans for an edgy 1990s feel. The Sun
The only complaint is that the flat is not edgy enough (it has wicker furniture).
The drug cartels are making a concerted comeback and the police are getting edgy. Times, Sunday Times
After an edgy first innings, it was back to business as usual for the master batsman of county cricket. Times, Sunday Times
He is intent on making people look good but not necessarily beautiful in his work and achieves this by capturing secretive, edgy or cagey subjects.
She is late and I am edgy, expecting a group of tough females in hoods and trainers.
Anyway, today’s terminology of the word edgy has become a bit extreme. No Uncertain Terms
This kind of theatre is what is meant by the term ‘edgy’ - fresh, in-your-face, a little disconcerting.
Unfortunately, far too many films contain wacky crime capers that lead into shenanigans which gives way to witty, edgy banter.
He looks edgy, but wears chinos and waistcoats. Times, Sunday Times
But he says no and apologises in advance if he seems edgy. Times, Sunday Times
Try a little top over your dress to give a slightly edgy look. The Sun
His edgy vocal deliveries and frowns are more than offset by the way his face never stops telling us he cares.
Whether they're calm or do they feel slightly edgy. The Sun
In the moments before the cameras switch on, he's edgy, nervous, priming us with questions.
But do her edgy shoe-boots make you want to walk on by - or hot-foot it to the shops? The Sun
Parts of it are dark and edgy. The Sun
Back then he was nervous, edgy and wondering what was about to hit him. The Sun
These two close encounters of the edgy kind seemed to calm the champion's nerves. ITF World of Tennis
I wanted to write sharp, edgy vignettes of poisonous humor.
The hills and downs area seemed remote and edgy, in a way far from relaxing.
Watch it as a piece of sharp, edgy, quality entertainment - hugely enjoyable.
Because that chat looked a bit edgy. Times, Sunday Times
But the flute and strings music I have downloaded all seem to show the sharp edgy sounds of the flutes.
She's been edgy lately, waiting for the test results.
Everything is rendered in colors calculated to look edgy but remain, oddly, tasteful.
That's not to mention the staccato style used to convey the edgy nature of the lead character. Times, Sunday Times
While the original offer was a lowball bid, she figures the new one may be enough to get edgy investors already worried about consolidation to cash out.
He breathed in and out slowly, hating that he was so uptight and edgy.
Now she is stylish and edgy in designer gowns on the red carpet. The Sun
He was edgy, picking away at his arm, not making eye contact and appeared to have weighty matters on his mind. The Sun
There's an edgy, youthful feel to the sprawling stone downtown, where gaggles of short-haired, punky students walk narrow, walled streets.
That bar is always shifting, like the wedgy in her pantsuit. Hillary's Lead In Pennsylvania Dropping Fast, CNN Average Of Polls Finds
You cannot quite put your finger on it but there is a distinctly edgy feel to the day. The Sun
She's been very edgy recently, waiting for the examination results.
My main objection to Levant, apart from his logorrheic style and his deliberately misleading summaries of human rights cases, is his frenzied attempts to be edgy. Archive 2009-09-01
Does that mean he's supposed to be more edgy than his smiling, soft leonine friend?
It feels edgy for us so we were really worried for their safety. The Sun
Even today it's edgy cinema, but to write it off as the product of a deranged mind, or to suggest that it endorses the violence it depicts, is simple-minded at best.
It was a cynical play to show his base just how edgy he was, pwning this old plutocrat with his rapier-like wit.
The band is trying to develop an edgy new image.
He soon discovers the reason why the servants are a bit edgy. The Sun
Heart'It was an edgy, nervous game because when you are one up your fans want to be reassured with another goal. The Sun
The next morning he seemed really edgy and anxious to go. The Sun
Now they are also edgy, anxious, fearful, often depressed and undeniably kinder.
Now, conversely, Edie Falco does Jessie with an edgy, self-righteous revanchism, while Brenda Blethyn's earthier, more grounded Thelma bespeaks what might be presumed a likelier survivor.

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