tawdriness

Example Sentences

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His story is a little rushed but we get the idea that Tim’s not a jerk, just an idealist who can’t handle the tawdriness of the 21st century.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 12, 2026

Jerry Springer, whose chaotic talk show set a new standard for tawdriness on American TV, died yesterday.

From New York Times • Apr. 28, 2023

But its enthusiastic tawdriness is still captivating, as attested by the reboot’s decent ratings.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 14, 2019

His writing contained a palpable sense of outrage toward injustice, ignorance and moral tawdriness.

From Washington Post • Jun. 29, 2018

What a contrast to the tawdriness of the steamers we had been accustomed to, to see every thing about us made beautiful by exquisite neatness, done chiefly, too, for their own eyes!

From Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon and California by Leighton, Caroline C.