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obscenity

[uhb-sen-i-tee, -see-ni-] / əbˈsɛn ɪ ti, -ˈsi nɪ- /


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The Supreme Court recognized the constitutional obscenity of that arrangement as early as Strauder v.

From Slate Jun. 17, 2026

An Arsenal fan, he’d been familiar with the Premier League’s brand of obscenity and musical banter for years.

From The Wall Street Journal May 27, 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

Anderson founded “The Little Review” in Chicago in 1913 and nurtured it into a publication that moved to New York and Paris — and played a part in the infamous “Ulysses” obscenity trial.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 3, 2025

She flung the obscenity like a challenge into the outraged silence; then, suddenly breaking away from him, ashamed, ashamed, covered her face with her hands, sobbing.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley

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

For the sake of civility, the Writers Guild contract should include a requirement that all writers must learn how to write scripts without using obscenities at every turn.

From Los Angeles Times May 26, 2023

But she told MPs she would not "justify a news organisation whose anchor went out to shout obscenities at Tories" - a reference to claims about Jon Snow.

From BBC May 19, 2022

Now we walk along the same street, in red pairs, and no man shouts obscenities at us, speaks to us, touches us.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood




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