sordid
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It’s set in a bougie bohemian realm inhabited by actors and writers, cultural nomads who have mystery and money, and a tinge of the sordid about them.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026
For a growing number of online sleuths, there is a booming business in peddling outlandish answers to those and other sordid questions raised by the trove of newly released files.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026
Bridger was described by those who knew him as "always confident, courteous and charming" but when police seized his computer, a sordid secret was revealed.
From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026
After she nurses him back to health, Matt falls madly in love only to freak out when he learns about her sordid past.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025
But even this was not enough for Blanca, who found the apartment sordid, dark, and narrow and the building crowded.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
Vocabulary lists containing sordid
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Grade 12, List 2
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Heart of Darkness
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