sordid
Example Sentences
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Still, the sordid potential of fun pills or finding out someone is secretly rich makes you look every now and again.
From Los Angeles Times
Kuang’s “Yellowface” takes a different approach: Instead of hiding the facts, she puts her sordid truth under a glass dome and shines a spotlight over it.
From New York Times
Which brings us to perhaps the biggest bombshell revelation of the whole sick and sordid affair of Mr. Epstein.
From Washington Times
For example, the designer once told Numéro magazine he was “fed up” with the #MeToo movement while deeming models who spoke out about abuse “stupid,” “toxic” and “sordid creatures.”
From Los Angeles Times
A more discreet landlord would have concealed this sordid history.
From Los Angeles Times
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