tawdry

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Admittedly, heaping this much flattery onto a tawdry piece of airport fiction adapted into a Sydney Sweeney-starring, big-screen sensation may seem hyperbolic.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2026

Soon it came to mean tawdry and second-class goods.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025

He called that meeting "the most vomit-inducing episode in all the tawdry history of international diplomacy".

From BBC • Aug. 18, 2025

The tawdry details will produce plenty of tabloid drama — but not the kind Trump reveled in when he was a young, publicity-hungry mogul.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2024

The molting pink feathers are tawdry as carnival dolls and some of the starry sequins have come off.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood