bawdiness

Example Sentences

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He had a spectacular presence in every public appearance: eye-popping outfits, hip-shaking bawdiness, sly banter and a wild-eyed unpredictability that was fully under his control.

From New York Times • May 10, 2020

There’s enough pettiness, cruelty, bawdiness and perversity to turn it into whatever the opposite of Academy catnip is, making its 10 nominations seem like a win already.

From The Guardian • Feb. 15, 2019

It's this lineage of comedy that Mrs Brown's Boys taps into, one that survives in Christmas pantomimes, with its end-of-the-pier bawdiness, underpinned by a pervading whiff of sentimentality.

From BBC • Dec. 23, 2018

Stewart and Snoop’s new show channels the bawdiness of her roast performance, but, perhaps not surprisingly, the dual-fish-out-of-water premise is probably too much of a gimmick to sustain a series.

From The New Yorker • Nov. 17, 2016

His bawdiness was harmless; his harmlessness was often icky.

From Slate • Apr. 3, 2014