crassly

Example Sentences

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There’s some strange sauce at work in “Knuckles,” which makes it overcome its crassly commercial origins to feel like a worthwhile watch for those in need of a quick and zany distraction.

From New York Times • Apr. 25, 2024

The property became a mecca for fans, yet also gained a reputation as tacky and crassly commercial.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2023

"If we believe in a just law, then we must also believe that past mistakes, miscarriages of justice as patent and as crassly gendered as this one, can be set right," he added.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2023

And it’s clear that Chastain feels a particular protective bond with Messner, a relentlessly upbeat, ultimately good-hearted woman who made her way in an overwhelmingly male-controlled, crassly commercial media world.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 15, 2021

They can hold strong opinions on subjects on which they are crassly ignorant, and yield neither to fact nor argument where their mediaeval usages are concerned.

From The Italians by Elliot, Frances