obscene
Example Sentences
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Ultimately, books were removed “not because they contain sexually obscene material, but because they contain content protected by law,” Graves said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
I’d change into play clothes, take my bowl and begin the solemn work of crushing an obscene number of crackers into the carrot-flecked broth until the spoon could nearly stand upright.
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2026
"If it seems like an obscene increase in time and costs, it is because it is," she said.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
The look she gave the car as we passed was priceless—a look of sudden, obscene envy, mingled with a kind of fury.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026
“Are you talking about filing at a time like this? I am prepared to contact my attorneys and have them sue you for making me get on that obscene stool.”
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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