lurid

Example Sentences

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The Pentagon described this and other lurid reports of the meeting as “highly exaggerated and distorted.”

From Slate • Apr. 11, 2026

Kino’s hypocrisy stems from the same swamp as the original’s fictitious Dr. Gröss, whose lurid footage climaxed with a tsk-tsking screed against poverty, pollution and fascism as major contributors to the global death toll.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 9, 2026

But there was much more enthusiasm from the Telegraph's Robbie Collin, who awarded a maximum five stars, lauding it as "resplendently lurid, oozy and wild."

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

But facts were easily eclipsed by lurid speculation, particularly when Short’s nickname was made public: The Black Dahlia was, after all, the perfect moniker for a femme fatale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

I met white writers who talked of their responses, who told me how whites reacted to this lurid American scene.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright