ribald

Example Sentences

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Disorderly in its construction, “Tristram Shandy” is ribald and risqué in its content, yet charitable and affecting in tone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

But in an editorial in Tuesday's memorial edition, the paper's main shareholder said its spirit of ribald anti-religious irreverence was still very much alive.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2025

There may have been some who might have scolded a former president for – gasp – daring to indulge in ribald, low-brow swipes.

From Salon • Aug. 24, 2024

The book is “an unruly, overwhelming, vastly eccentric novel” that is “sophisticated and ribald and brimming with folk wit,” he added.

From New York Times • Apr. 7, 2022

On the surface, it was a ribald little tune about a donkey who wanted to be an arcanist.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss