Example Sentences

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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 for a crowd that was perhaps burning out on the after-hours warehouse scene, it was a well-timed mix of reliably tasteful music and lived-in tawdriness.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2018

“The Lovers” emphasizes the tawdriness of deception, the weight of duplicity, the ugliness of lying.

From The New Yorker • May 3, 2017

The media coverage of this case was, and remains, almost unparalleled in its tawdriness.

From The Guardian • Dec. 11, 2016

The rich gold embroidered border of the saree held the wealth of colour together, and saved the whole from tawdriness.

From The Outcaste by Penny, F. E.