How to Use lewd in a Sentence
lewd
adjective- He made lewd remarks to the woman at the bar.
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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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