sordidness
Example Sentences
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Despite the pungent combination of brevity and sordidness, the actors acquit themselves by finding candid portrayals of the condemned classmates.
From New York Times β Jan. 12, 2024
But you can have a good story without easy sordidness.
From Salon β Dec. 10, 2022
Preferences continue if the sordidness is obscured by a semantic fog.
From Washington Post β Oct. 28, 2022
The Hollywood Bowl represents L.A. in all its naked splendor, idealism, commercialism, diversity, communal aspirations toward equality, social division, tackiness and even sordidness.
From Los Angeles Times β Jun. 2, 2022
And yet, how dare I claim to be free from sordidness, when all my thoughts and hopes and daily life are now bent on winning money?
From The Story of an Untold Love by Paul Leicester Ford
