tawdriness
- a word derived from tawdry.
Example Sentences
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We’ve been conditioned to expect something specific from memoirs by children of notable people: escape narratives that reveal the tawdriness or tyranny behind the parent’s publicly charming facade and chart the child’s quest for individuality.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 14, 2023
No doubt some of its tawdriness was dragged along in the wake of the hotel’s guests and residents, who could enter through a door in the lobby.
From New York Times ● Apr. 12, 2022
But its enthusiastic tawdriness is still captivating, as attested by the reboot’s decent ratings.
From The New Yorker ● Feb. 14, 2019
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
His clothes were too fine, despite their tawdriness, his sword hilt too much in evidence.
From Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' by Pearce, Charles Edward
