tawdriness
Example Sentences
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Jerry Springer, whose chaotic talk show set a new standard for tawdriness on American TV, died yesterday.
From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2023
Where Springer was wry and detached from the tawdriness of his show, Kyle seemed fully invested in it.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 6, 2020
But for a crowd that was perhaps burning out on the after-hours warehouse scene, it was a well-timed mix of reliably tasteful music and lived-in tawdriness.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2018
When Hulk Hogan faced off in court against the Web site Gawker, earlier this year, it was easy to become distracted by the rococo tawdriness of the spectacle.
From The New Yorker ● Dec. 11, 2016
The smell of the place, the heat—for the gas made the air vibrant—the very tawdriness of the hangings and gilding, all thrilled him, because they were, as Killigrew would have said, so "in the picture."
From Secret Bread by Jesse, F. Tennyson (Fryniwyd Tennyson)
