obscenity

"We're running out of words to describe the obscenity of these numbers," Greenpeace political campaigner Rudy Schulkind said in a statement.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

The Supreme Court recognized the constitutional obscenity of that arrangement as early as Strauder v.

From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2026

Earlier in his career, in 2015, he was among the celebrities caught up in the fallout from a controversial comedy roast that sparked police complaints and a wider debate about obscenity and free speech.

From BBC ● May 27, 2026

To publish “Ulysses” in 1934 without risking prosecution, Random House first had to orchestrate a court case to prove the book innocent of obscenity.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026

He sank his voice, like someone who is obliged for medical reasons to utter an obscenity.

From "1984" by George Orwell

Saeed Habiba, the head of Iran’s Student Affairs Organization, said universities won’t tolerate what he called obscenities and illegal acts and that some students have been summoned and charged with unspecified offenses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 23, 2026

Beyond the melting shadows of the arena, gladiatrices would have heard thousands of faceless spectators howl obscenities, felt the heat of their breath, and smelled the mass of bodies raging in the night.

From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2024

We won’t print those obscenities here, which explains why much of the legacy media has to rely on grandma-isms such as “pottymouth” to write about these events.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2024

On any day, it is nearly impossible not to pass by someone yelling obscenities and epithets, fighting unseen demons.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 23, 2023

He was a bad painter and a vicious gossip, with a vocabulary composed almost entirely of obscenities, guttural verbs, and the word “postmodernist.”

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt