obscenity

The commission sets rules for disclosing sponsors, emergency broadcasts, and content regarding obscenity and decency.

From BBC ● Apr. 28, 2026

That this is a grotesque obscenity and cannot be allowed to continue?

From Slate ● Feb. 3, 2026

Maybe it’s just a vibe, or as Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart once wrote about obscenity: “I know it when I see it.”

From Barron's ● Dec. 18, 2025

Kenyon’s 1958 history of the Stuart dynasty, which began with James and lasted 111 years, cited James’s “vulgarity, obscenity and uproarious pedantry.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

Please confine yourself to discussing issues and such; thereby you will at least avoid obscenity and offense.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

That so many people in Minneapolis have endangered themselves by waving phones in the faces of armed federal officers and shouting obscenities as if they were psychotic is one of many unhappy consequences.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026

Beyond the melting shadows of the arena, gladiatrices would have heard thousands of faceless spectators howl obscenities, felt the heat of their breath, and smelled the mass of bodies raging in the night.

From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2024

First, not all homeless people have serious mental illness — not even most do, even people who smell horrible or scream obscenities to no one in particular.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2022

You don’t see former Seals fans now screaming obscenities at the Lone Star State, do you?

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 21, 2022

“How dare you scream obscenities at me. Someone grab that boy,” Ignatius said wildly as George disappeared into the crowds of pedestrians farther down the street.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole