sordidness

Example Sentences

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But on “Housewives”? This level of sordidness is not what viewers are here for.

From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2023

But you can have a good story without easy sordidness.

From Salon • Dec. 10, 2022

But Robinson’s story must hew to Dawson’s, so the climax and denouement belong to the downstairs circus of the governess, Hélène, and her paramour, Dr. McDow, who stain the manse with sordidness and frivolity.

From New York Times • May 31, 2019

Despite the judgment their relationship might attract from their peers, or from the more easily scandalized members of the audience, Garrel presents it without scorn or sordidness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2018

The sordidness and squalor of Canyon Pass was being from moment to moment etched more deeply on her brain.

From The Heart of Canyon Pass by Holmes, Thomas K.