brothel

Example Sentences

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He played queens, courtesans, goddesses and brothel madams with a studied grace.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026

He’s penned several children’s books and a novella called “The Legend of Diddley Squatt,” loosely inspired by the life of the late comedian Richard Pryor, who grew up in a brothel.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2023

How did you approach the different Louises: the brothel owner, the legit businessman, the centenarian?

From Washington Post • Nov. 14, 2022

In the show, Louis is a Creole brothel owner who travels in white circles, lamenting in the pilot that he can’t be an “openly gay Negro man.”

From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2022

The sept tempted him no more than the brothel; his own gods kept their temples in the wild places, where the weirwoods spread their bone-white branches.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin