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
  • Redd spits just eight bars on a verse that’s rather vulgar.
    Troy L. Smith, cleveland.com, 5 July 2019
  • In metaphor, vinegar tends to get a bad, or at least a vulgar, rap.
    Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The man who had thought beer the most vulgar of drink confused it with champagne.
    Ignacio Peyró, National Geographic, 18 June 2019
  • 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
  • Sanders told Fox News on the morning after the vulgar rant aired.
    Brian Flood, Fox News, 12 July 2018
  • 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
  • From a young age, Aya was drawn to streetwear, opting for graphic t-shirts that were vulgar.
    Tatum Dooley, Teen Vogue, 21 June 2019
  • The documents say Bush called Sarah Selden vulgar names, threw things at her, and once gave her a black eye.
    BostonGlobe.com, 2 June 2018
  • 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
  • As Vice President, Biden was a string of unforced errors, most notably at a bill signing for the law now known as Obamacare where he was caught on a hot-mic deploying vulgar language.
    Philip Elliott, TIME, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Married to Stanley, a man of carnal appetites and vulgar manners, Stella has embraced the crude pleasures of realism, while her freeloading sister still clings to tattered aristocratic illusions.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 4 Nov. 2024

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