How to Use lurid in a Sentence

lurid

adjective

• The light from the fire cast a lurid glow on everything.
• Read on to learn of some of the book's most lurid moments.
  — Maeve McDermott, USA TODAY, 7 May 2019
• Unsane doesn’t even give you much in the way of lurid fun.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2018
• As a result, the past weeks have become awash with lurid green, and fast.
  — Leah Dolan, CNN, 23 July 2024
• But the lurid themes of his Odd Future days feel like fragments of a past life.
  — Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2024
• Even Farrell joined in on the process, finding a lurid piece of artwork to hang on the wall.
  — Josh Weiss, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
• Peddling all sorts of lurid and ridiculous details to the world.
  — Fox News, 12 Apr. 2018
• After all, for weeks now, each day has brought fresh, lurid tales.
  — Rebecca Traister, The Cut, 10 Dec. 2017
• And the biggest surprise, in this carnival of the lurid?
  — Anthony Lan, The New Yorker, 17 Sep. 2021
• Even by the lurid standards of true crime, the saga of the Murdaugh family stands out.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 28 Feb. 2023
• Because John has been so open about even the most lurid details of his life, the broad strokes of Me are not new.
  — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 15 Oct. 2019
• The mighty engine has more than enough urge to overwhelm the rear tires and send the STO into lurid oversteer.
  — Mike Duff, Car and Driver, 25 Nov. 2020
• Some of the lurid suits Mr. Marchitelli has made for athletes push the limits of good taste.
  — Jacob Gallagher, WSJ, 25 Oct. 2022
• The patricide was covered in lurid detail in the press.
  — Sheelah Kolhatkar, The New Yorker, 24 July 2023
• Pink can work - take a look at some of Palermo's home shirts - but pink that is this lurid is a no-go.
  — SI.com, 3 July 2019
• Example: The light from the fire cast a lurid glow on everything.
  — Stacey Leasca, Southern Living, 3 July 2018
• Many and lurid are the child-snatching, child-snacking beasts that await those who resist sleep.
  — National Geographic, 25 Nov. 2020
• Peace seems far from Kingstown, a burg that is forever portrayed in a lurid light.
  — Daniel D'addario, Variety, 10 Nov. 2021
• The film is a lurid panorama of half-truths and speculation.
  — NBC News, 2 Oct. 2021
• In lurid detail — so much so that the judge scolded her Tuesday — Ms. Daniels painted the scene.
  — Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 9 May 2024
• Much of our time on Audi's short handling course was spent sideways in a lurid drift.
  — David Beard, Car and Driver, 22 Feb. 2020
• From now on, every episode of the latest news out of Washington, even the lurid ones, should be must-see TV.
  — Julie Hinds, Detroit Free Press, 22 Mar. 2018
• But Ziegelmayer is insisting the town do more than just slap a coat of gray paint over the lurid signs of hate.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Feb. 2021
• Its shell is cracking, and a lurid yellow light gleams from within; a green gas seeps out.
  — J.b., The Economist, 5 Sep. 2019
• An additional treat: the label, echoing the lurid art from the EC horror comics of the 1950s.
  — Peter Rowe, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2022
• Withdraw Nick’s perspective and the lurid plot sticks out of the water like a shipwreck at low tide.
  — Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2020
• Yet the bear adds gore and suspense and a soupçon of lurid excitement, the same way that an ax-wielding psycho does.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 23 Feb. 2023
• But with a crime this lurid, there’s surely room enough for two different tellings.
  — Keith Phipps, Rolling Stone, 4 Apr. 2023
• Like many people in the summer of 1974, he was feeling burned out by the Patty Hearst kidnapping, the Watergate scandal, and other lurid headlines.
  — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2024
• The cryptocurrency’s adherents in turn assert that no amount of lurid interest can justify the violation of Satoshi’s preference to be left to his own devices.
  — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 4 Dec 2024