sordid

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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

In “Gotham at War,” Mr. Wallace takes us on a fascinating excursion into both the now lost yet somehow familiar human superstructure, and the sometimes sordid underbelly, of the city we know today.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Yet the boy’s yearning for family outweighs his sordid circumstances.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025

That sordid history won’t necessarily make anyone feel better about the current state of affairs, nor should it.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 4, 2025

Powerful angels, safe in heaven! they smile when sordid souls triumph, and feeble ones weep over their destruction.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë