tawdriness

Example Sentences

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His story is a little rushed but we get the idea that Tim’s not a jerk, just an idealist who can’t handle the tawdriness of the 21st century.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

No doubt some of its tawdriness was dragged along in the wake of the hotel’s guests and residents, who could enter through a door in the lobby.

From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2022

Where Springer was wry and detached from the tawdriness of his show, Kyle seemed fully invested in it.

From The Guardian • Apr. 6, 2020

So perhaps this tawdriness is what we desire somewhere in the back of our mind?

From Washington Post • Feb. 9, 2018

When an outcry is raised against the ugliness and tawdriness of certain objects in this country, the answer is, “But see how cheap they are!”

From Musical Memories by Rich, Edwin Gile