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

That this is a grotesque obscenity and cannot be allowed to continue?

From Slate ● Feb. 3, 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

Anderson founded “The Little Review” in Chicago in 1913 and nurtured it into a publication that moved to New York and Paris — and played a part in the infamous “Ulysses” obscenity trial.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 3, 2025

Why should a man deliberately plunge outside of history and peddle an obscenity, my mind went on abstractedly.

From "Invisible Man" by Ralph Ellison

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

Attempts have been made to cover it over, but some of the obscenities can still be read.

From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2023

First, not all homeless people have serious mental illness — not even most do, even people who smell horrible or scream obscenities to no one in particular.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2022

“How dare you scream obscenities at me. Someone grab that boy,” Ignatius said wildly as George disappeared into the crowds of pedestrians farther down the street.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole