How to Use vulgar in a Sentence

vulgar

adjective
  • He was a vulgar man.
  • She had a coarse, vulgar laugh.
  • I will not tolerate such vulgar language in my home.
  • Here’s the list of the most vulgar NFL fan bases, courtesy of Casino.org.
    oregonlive.com, 1 Aug. 2019
  • In metaphor, vinegar tends to get a bad, or at least a vulgar, rap.
    Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
  • For George Fogg, 89, the state can’t slam on the brakes fast enough on vulgar vanities.
    Scott Calvert, WSJ, 15 June 2022
  • Richard doesn’t want anything to do with the vulgar ordeal.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Rogers was told not to use such vulgar language, but that was it, Burns said.
    Camille Fine, USA TODAY, 13 Jan. 2022
  • And yet the world turns out not to work on these merrily vulgar lines.
    Douglas Murray, National Review, 20 Feb. 2020
  • The film, which features an all-Asian cast, does not hold back on the vulgar and obscene.
    Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 7 July 2023
  • Photos of the aftermath show Depp wrote vulgar messages to his wife in blood on the walls of the house.
    Matthew Barakat, ajc, 7 May 2022
  • But the story of the Titans, like many Greek myths, is pretty vulgar.
    Stephanie Stradley, Houston Chronicle, 16 Oct. 2020
  • This has led to persistent rumors that there is a more vulgar, NC-17 cut of the film.
    Christian Holub, EW.com, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Our friendships were fast and vulgar and full of banter.
    Henry Dawson, Bon Appétit, 4 Oct. 2019
  • This was not a vulgar catcall—I was swathed in more fabric than the Virgin Mary.
    Katharine K. Zarrella, WSJ, 2 Apr. 2022
  • In Utah, fans who made vulgar and racist remarks to the family of Ja Morant were banned.
    Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 2 June 2021
  • Shortly after the final buzzer, Young, who was heckled in a vulgar way all night, slammed the ball off the floor.
    Chris Fedor, cleveland, 15 Apr. 2022
  • So many of the bold, insane lyrics in Divine's music that were just so vulgar.
    Shana Naomi Krochmal, EW.com, 22 June 2020
  • The Trope: Everyone’s vulgar, deadpan, and speaks in British slang that might be made up.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The monk asked how the grocer was able to concentrate among such vulgar music.
    WIRED, 19 Jan. 2023
  • Life doesn’t play out exactly along the lines of vulgar Marxism.
    Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 24 Mar. 2023
  • My friend asked what my thoughts were on a vulgar subject and my reply was neutral.
    Susan Johnston, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Someone had thrown a rock through her parents’ window and sprayed a vulgar word on their garage door in red paint.
    David Enrich, New York Times, 6 June 2023
  • Perhaps not, but Jones said the homeowner has the right, regardless of the vulgar words, to display it.
    Beth Mlady, cleveland, 18 Nov. 2021
  • And people say some vulgar things to you – talking a lot of mess about your family, your kids.
    Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 6 Nov. 2022
  • Both posts criticized the school and the team, and one contained vulgar language and gestures.
    Legal Entertainment, Forbes, 24 June 2021
  • Kandi Girl can speak very vulgar at times, and say some very outlandish stuff, and do some outlandish things, so that was fun for me.
    Marcus Jones, EW.com, 1 Apr. 2021
  • It was considered vulgar for women to smoke in public, or even to be around those who indulged in the habit.
    Daniela Altimari, courant.com, 28 Mar. 2021
  • For a few of the more vulgar selections, a few slight edits were made to omit a swear word or splice something out for timing.
    Tim Latterner, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2024
  • Set in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka in the early 2000s, the film will follow a film journalist searching for a controversial B-movie star in the chaos of a push to ban vulgar movies.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 5 Oct. 2024

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