vulgarity

Yet Mr. Kean seems at times a little too eager to prove that “The Museum of Lost Things” isn’t a traditional history book, salting his otherwise sturdy prose with the occasional vulgarity or glib joke.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026

In response, Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in a post on X: "We do not answer vulgarity with vulgarity, but with action: fearlessly and with great valour."

From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026

It’s one of the oldest conceits ever, thinking that vulgarity makes you look tough.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026

It is an astonishing, so to speak, over-the-top score, which you either love or abhor for its instrumental vulgarity.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 30, 2025

I can only imagine the film’s latest horrors, its flaunting of vulgarity in the face of theology and geometry, taste and decency.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

Mr. Trump’s vulgarities do cause distress among Republicans.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 23, 2026

Before his rightward turn, Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman was applauded by progressives for his working-class-coded vulgarities and his penchant for hoodies and basketball shorts.

From Slate ● Dec. 10, 2025

In her recent New York Times article about the "coarsening" of the religious right, Ruth Graham alluded to this, writing about the trend of evangelical leaders using "vulgarities."

From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2024

It is heartening, however, to see people of all races protesting the racist vulgarities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2022

The girl’s vulgarities reminded Cora of the plantation and the stream of oaths delivered by the hands when master’s eye was not on them.

From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead