indecency

Example Sentences

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Playing some of these songs in public is rude and perhaps illegal indecency.

From Salon • Jun. 6, 2026

Two counts of gross indecency were withdrawn from the jury on a point of law during the course of the trial.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

Arregui is a principled revolutionary dedicated to his cause, while Molina is a gay, flamboyant window dresser who’s been arrested for public indecency.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 23, 2025

Nor did he accept the fact that Spectrum’s planned “PG-13” performance falls far short of indecency.

From Slate • Sep. 22, 2023

What chiefly obtrudes itself on our attention, is the gross personal invective, and indecency of these compositions, so foreign from anything that would be tolerated in modern times.

From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by Dunlop, John