obscene
Example Sentences
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"What is happening in our country is just obscene," says Portman at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah, where she is promoting her film "The Gallerist."
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"What is happening in our country is just obscene," she told AFP.
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“Does that sound fantastical? Yes, it totally sounds fantastical. That’s why it’s obscene and conspicuous and unbelievable, because it’s probably never going to happen.”
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“Does that sound fantastical? Yes, it totally sounds fantastical. That’s why it’s obscene and conspicuous and unbelievable, because it’s probably never going to happen.”
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And when moral scolds seized on excerpts of “Ulysses” — citing the Comstock Act’s ban on sending “obscene” material via U.S. mail — she protested.
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