Example Sentences

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They are the elements of show trials, and they would make the biggest fall-person in these filthily corrupt, crime-stained, Dante-encircled Games out of a faultless slip of a kid.

From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2022

Netflix’s “American Vandal,” for instance, was one of my favorite shows of 2017 — an inventive, filthily funny story that ended with closure and didn’t overstay its welcome.

From New York Times • May 14, 2018

The contest has been filthily personal, though some of the most denigrated personalities aren’t actually on the ballot.

From Economist • Nov. 12, 2015

But the kind of challenging, idiosyncratic comedy NBC was known for has other outlets now: HBO’s Veep and Silicon Valley, say, can be filthily hilarious without the slightest nod toward keeping their characters relatable.

From Time • Mar. 3, 2015

They had put him into a cell similar to the one he was in now, but filthily dirty and at all times crowded by ten or fifteen people.

From "1984" by George Orwell