sordid
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Bridger was described by those who knew him as "always confident, courteous and charming" but when police seized his computer, a sordid secret was revealed.
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026
Meanwhile, the locals continued to pursue their delightfully sordid lifestyles with a lot more personal privacy than would seem likely in smalltown America.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 8, 2026
In “Gotham at War,” Mr. Wallace takes us on a fascinating excursion into both the now lost yet somehow familiar human superstructure, and the sometimes sordid underbelly, of the city we know today.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025
That sordid history won’t necessarily make anyone feel better about the current state of affairs, nor should it.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 4, 2025
This, as Elizabeth later considered it, was the first in the sordid series of mistakes which was to cause her to fall so low.
From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin
Vocabulary lists containing sordid
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Grade 12, List 2
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