tawdry

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Yet “Venetian Vespers,” for all its moodiness, is elegantly compressed—the central drama occupies only a few days—and the conspiracy at its core is convincingly tawdry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

Against this enclave’s polished stone walls and bannisters, Lee looks every ragged inch of the tawdry menace the politicians and businessmen he squares off against expect him to be.

From Salon • Sep. 23, 2025

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

From BBC • Aug. 18, 2025

The widespread critiques as to the tawdry horse race, the clickbait headlines, the lack of depth and context and stakes are still spot on.

From Slate • Mar. 15, 2024

Beside such treasures the gloves looked cheap and tawdry.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin