bawdier; bawdiest
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Examples of bawdy in a Sentence
Adjective
a bawdy film that is not appropriate for children
a bawdy comment about someone you work with could get you fired
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Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
Ani is one of HQ’s best girls, and Madison plays her with a bawdy effrontery and a disarming grin that seems to widen by a mile under neon lights.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
Peter Debruge, Variety, 15 Sep. 2024
That twisted inner world is beautifully realized in a shadowy mélange of fringe and ruffles by the designer Tom Scutt, whose bawdy, under-the-big-top scenic and costume design is a feat of textures and deep, muted colors.
—Naveen Kumar, Variety, 22 Apr. 2024
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Adjective
At the end of the night, the mat has been wiped down of the bawdy affair.
—Jireh Deng, Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2024
Ani is one of HQ’s best girls, and Madison plays her with a bawdy effrontery and a disarming grin that seems to widen by a mile under neon lights.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2024
Noun
Her sensibility is grounded in sincerity but relies on bawdy, off-color jokes to deflect from empowerment messaging that might otherwise seem square.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 15 Sep. 2024
That twisted inner world is beautifully realized in a shadowy mélange of fringe and ruffles by the designer Tom Scutt, whose bawdy, under-the-big-top scenic and costume design is a feat of textures and deep, muted colors.
—Naveen Kumar, Variety, 22 Apr. 2024
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“Bawdy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bawdy. Accessed 30 Oct. 2024.
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