lewd
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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 Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board will immediately suspend enforcement of its lewd conduct rule after inspections at Seattle LGBTQ+ nightlife venues last weekend drew sharp criticism from community members.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 1, 2024
"Even if they were, it's not grounds for removing a liquor license. Drag is not lewd, nor is it a public nuisance as the state claims."
From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2023
I found a devout grandma in Virginia trying to tell her grandson that his lewd tweets break her heart—but she didn’t @, and he didn’t follow her.
From Slate ● Dec. 12, 2022
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 the boke of algorim or augrym after lewder use.
From The Hindu-Arabic Numerals by Karpinski, Louis Charles
This boke is called þe boke of algorym, or Augrym after lewder vse.
From The Earliest Arithmetics in English by Steele, Robert
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 Landa, Louis A.
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 Andrews, William
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