lewd

Host Mariska Hargitay was refreshingly lewd and charmingly self-deprecating as the first female host of the Emmys in 15 years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2026

Now, Santa-themed bar crawls and office holiday parties are outfitted with holiday-themed sweaters and sweatshirts, bringing the same energy as someone loudly interrupting a conversation to tell a lewd joke.

From Slate ● Dec. 12, 2024

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 law forbids shipment of every "obscene, lewd, lascivious, indecent, filthy or vile article, matter, thing, device, or substance."

From Salon ● Apr. 5, 2024

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 Louis Charles Karpinski

This boke is called þe boke of algorym, or Augrym after lewder vse.

From The Earliest Arithmetics in English by Robert Steele

Who's the lewdest, crudest, most popular person on Comedy Central?

From Time ● Aug. 11, 2010

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 William Andrews

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 Louis A. Landa