lewdly

Example Sentences

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He has lewdly mocked his cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr., now secretary of health and human services.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

Whether she’s getting in strange carriages, dancing lewdly, writing secret notes to ambiguous lovers, dressing up like a mime or dressing up like a man, this Emily Dickinson is bold, ambitious, and ready to party.

From Slate • Aug. 26, 2019

Your servants swore falsely when they said these women lived lewdly; your men swore falsely when they said that these women prayed treasonably.

From Privy Seal His Last Venture by Ford, Ford Madox

I am a Foole, my reason is lost in me; I have no choice, and I have ly'd so lewdly That women ought to beate me.

From The Two Noble Kinsmen by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)

It is said that the prison was used for the confinement of persons who had spoken lewdly of dignitaries about the Court.

From Gossip in a Library by Gosse, Edmund