vulgar

Example Sentences

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The court “is not a place for vulgar barroom talk,” Judge M. Margaret McKeown clapped back in a concurrence joined by 25 fellow judges.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026

When, instead, another Black Democrat from Chicago, Barack Obama, headed toward the Democratic nomination in 2008, Jackson’s frustration spilled into public with a vulgar criticism of Obama caught on microphone.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

But now, online scammers were co-opting her iconic image for "vulgar and despicable attempts to exploit her legacy", the Brigitte Bardot Foundation said.

From BBC • Jan. 4, 2026

Those who condemned the book as vulgar self-promotion validated his decision to describe things as they really are.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

All over Winter, even in frozen barbarian Perunter, it is considered execrably vulgar to talk business while eating.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin