bawdy

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Bawdy, poignant and funny, this is a charming saga of a Parsi family.

From The Guardian • May 17, 2017

“He’s fearless. A showman. He likes a drink. A cigar. Bawdy stories. Hunting and fishing. He’s a man’s man.”

From Washington Post • Nov. 17, 2016

Bawdy and fast-talking, the two friends are the first to point out that their characters are basically them.

From Washington Times • Jul. 9, 2015

From Bawdy Street Dance to Courtly Refinement There are many ideas about how the chaconne — the intoxicating dance that bursts with improvisatory flair over a steady, repeating bass line — got its name.

From New York Times • Oct. 5, 2012

THese Bawdy baskets be also wemen, and go with baskets and Capcases on their armes, where in they haue laces, pynnes, nedles, white ynkell, and round sylke gyrdles of al coulours.

From The Rogues and Vagabonds of Shakespeare's Youth Awdeley's 'Fraternitye of vacabondes' and Harman's 'Caveat' by Awdeley, John