indecency

Example Sentences

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But the Parents Television Council Inc. — whose members lodged thousands of indecency complaints with the Federal Communications Commission — has folded.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 10, 2025

Nor did he accept the fact that Spectrum’s planned “PG-13” performance falls far short of indecency.

From Slate • Sep. 22, 2023

To quote “Now & Then” column founder Paul Dorpat, “In the moment it might take an exhausted barrister to mouth a monosyllabic indecency, the old embarrassment was leveled.”

From Seattle Times • May 11, 2023

But civil liberties groups thought the prohibitions on online indecency violated the First Amendment and squelched free speech.

From New York Times • Apr. 30, 2023

I have had the indecency to be ashamed of myself for the most human and womanly thing I ever did in my life.

From The Locusts' Years by Fee, Mary Helen