sordidness

I remain confident Trump will pay a political price in time, as the sordidness of all this sinks in.

Despite the pungent combination of brevity and sordidness, the actors acquit themselves by finding candid portrayals of the condemned classmates.

But the exhibition, organized by Nick Irvin, resists indulging in sordidness or levying a value judgment, a pose that can feel admirably openhearted or frustratingly oblique.

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

But you can have a good story without easy sordidness.