lewd
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Host Mariska Hargitay was refreshingly lewd and charmingly self-deprecating as the first female host of the Emmys in 15 years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026
Speaking to the BBC outside, while some people described it as inappropriate or "lewd", many others, including those with young children, were relaxed about its presence.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2024
The law forbids shipment of every "obscene, lewd, lascivious, indecent, filthy or vile article, matter, thing, device, or substance."
From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2024
LCB officials also said they would not issue formal lewd conduct citations or violations to the LGBTQ+ clubs and bars inspected last weekend.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 1, 2024
That she was lewd, tonguing her teeth at them, upside down and dying, that she vomited a serpent that turned to smoke when it hit the ground.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
This boke is called þe boke of algorym, or Augrym after lewder vse.
From The Earliest Arithmetics in English by Robert Steele
This boke is called the boke of algorim or augrym after lewder use.
From The Hindu-Arabic Numerals by Louis Charles Karpinski
Who's the lewdest, crudest, most popular person on Comedy Central?
From Time ● Aug. 11, 2010
If there is any Thing like this in our Language from the lewdest of our Stage-Writers, I give them over to Mr Collier and the Reformers to do with them what they please.
From Reflections on Dr. Swift's Letter to Harley (1712) and The British Academy (1712) by Louis A. Landa
Wel, sayd Arthur, thou hast said thy message, ye whiche is ye most vylaynous and lewdest message that ever man herd sent unto a kynge.
From At the Sign of the Barber's Pole Studies In Hirsute History by William Andrews
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