obscene
Example Sentences
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She experiences motor twitches, such as jaw jerks, vocal tics and coprolalia - involuntarily using obscene or offensive language - which she says can be "embarrassing" when she's in public.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
But the Shah was a problematic figure, obscene in his displays of wealth and ruthless in his suppression of dissent.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026
"What is happening in our country is just obscene," she told AFP.
From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026
In 2011, margin hikes killed silver because leverage was obscene.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 30, 2025
“An’ when you said you’d report me for usin’ of obscene language that was ’ittin’ me over the ’ead; but the ’arf-quid made that all right.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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