sordidness

Example Sentences

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But on “Housewives”? This level of sordidness is not what viewers are here for.

From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2023

But you can have a good story without easy sordidness.

From Salon • Dec. 10, 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 • Jun. 2, 2022

She was oddly energized by the sordidness of her task.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 13, 2016

They stood up like the teeth of a broken comb, and added to the sordidness of the picture.

From The Men Who Wrought by Cullum, Ridgwell