How to Use lewd in a Sentence

lewd

adjective
  • He made lewd remarks to the woman at the bar.
  • What were some of the insults made in those lewd letters?
    Rendy Jones, EW.com, 1 Aug. 2024
  • The man exposed himself and performed a lewd act in front of the girl, police said.
    Ian Cummings, kansascity, 14 June 2018
  • Peck was arrested in August 2003 on a charge of lewd acts with a child.
    Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2024
  • David also received one count of a lewd act on a child under 14.
    Stephanie Kaloi, Peoplemag, 18 Apr. 2024
  • And the lewd tweets were all part of a marketing ploy for the RadioShack Crypto platform.
    Allison Morrow, CNN, 30 June 2022
  • One widespread story at the time was that Gagosian liked to make lewd telephone calls to women.
    Patrick Radden Keefe, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023
  • Goularte is facing a felony count of a lewd and lascivious act with a child under the age of 14.
    USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2022
  • Anderson is charged with lewd conduct with a child under the age of 16.
    Ruth Brown, idahostatesman, 11 June 2018
  • Winslow was found not guilty on the second of lewd conduct charge, his only acquittal of the 12 counts.
    Robert Klemko, SI.com, 13 June 2019
  • On occasion, Pinori has to put up with lewd jokes from passersby.
    Claudia Kalb, National Geographic, 6 June 2019
  • Two years ago, a former deputy was convicted of rape, lewd acts on a child and other charges.
    Jeff McDonald, Los Angeles Times, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Two years ago, a former deputy was convicted of forcible rape, lewd acts on a child and other charges.
    Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2023
  • For some it was even perceived permission to make lewd comments and even mock me.
    Kira Kazantsev, Time, 6 June 2018
  • The man is being charged with lewd, indecent and obscene acts.
    Adam Sabes, Fox News, 12 Aug. 2023
  • David Turpin also pleaded not guilty to one count of lewd conduct with a minor.
    Ray Sanchez, CNN, 16 May 2018
  • Peck pleaded no contest to charges of committing a lewd act against a child and was sentenced to 16 months in prison.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 21 Mar. 2024
  • At one point, Farkas laughed at something on his phone, and, a moment later, texted me a mildly lewd meme.
    Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2022
  • Their complaints range from forcible kissing to lewd comments.
    Naomi Lim, Washington Examiner, 16 Mar. 2021
  • The firing came hours after the Mets discovered that Porter had sent lewd texts to a female reporter four and a half years ago.
    New York Times, 19 Jan. 2021
  • Mank rejected the idea, but there is a evidence that those lewd rumours could be true.
    Shannon Carlin, refinery29.com, 7 Dec. 2020
  • The refiled charges accuse García and Ocampo of committing a lewd act on a 15-year-old girl.
    Robert Jablon, Star Tribune, 30 July 2020
  • The complaints about her wardrobe and the lewd snark in her media coverage continued.
    Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 17 Feb. 2021
  • There was snickering about Heard going on the stand, as well as one person starting a lewd chant about the actress.
    Washington Post, 4 May 2022
  • Pamela Des Barres’s breathlessly lewd memoir of her years as a groupie should come with a cover-up when taken to the beach.
    The Atlantic Culture Desk, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2021
  • Guards heckled her, made lewd jokes, asked about her genitalia.
    J Wortham January Lavoy Krish Seenivasan David Mason, New York Times, 2 May 2024
  • This unseen creep serves as a third character, his presence felt through a stream of lewd text messages.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The alleged misconduct ranged from lewd comments and groping to rape.
    Michael Rubinkam, The Seattle Times, 13 Nov. 2018
  • Marcelino Olguin was the only one charged with three counts of lewd and lascivious acts on a child under 14.
    Izzy Alvarez, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Jackson's charges included four counts of lewd acts upon a minor child and providing alcoholic beverages to persons under the age of 21.
    EW.com, 9 Oct. 2024

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