lewdly

Example Sentences

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He has lewdly mocked his cousin Robert F. Kennedy Jr., now secretary of health and human services.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 17, 2025

Whether she’s getting in strange carriages, dancing lewdly, writing secret notes to ambiguous lovers, dressing up like a mime or dressing up like a man, this Emily Dickinson is bold, ambitious, and ready to party.

From Slate • Aug. 26, 2019

I am a Foole, my reason is lost in me; I have no choice, and I have ly'd so lewdly That women ought to beate me.

From The Two Noble Kinsmen by Shakespeare (spurious and doubtful works)

When we act gluttonously, when we act lewdly, when we act rashly, filthily, inconsiderately, to what have we declined?

From A Selection from the Discourses of Epictetus with the Encheiridion by Epictetus

Women have looked lewdly upon him and written him letters with singing words, but Pierre being of a simple nature, he answers them briefly and commends them to God.

From Riders of the Silences by Frederick, John