How to Use obscenity in a Sentence

obscenity

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  • The author uses obscenity to make a point about the culture.
  • Our clothes were drenched to the point that obscenity charges could be levied.
    — Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 15 July 2019
  • But there’s more than one kind of obscenity in the world, and more than one kind of assault.
    — Pat Beall, Orlando Sentinel, 7 July 2024
  • Yet a whiff of pretext surrounds more than a few of the cries of obscenity.
    — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2023
  • In 2004, the charges were dropped in exchange for a guilty plea to a lesser obscenity charge.
    — Laura Zornosa, Time, 31 July 2023
  • One agent is heard on video shouting an obscenity as a child jumps out of the horse’s path.
    — Washington Post, 21 Sep. 2021
  • The man responded that the deputy should pay his bill and used an obscenity.
    — Kate Brumback, Star Tribune, 27 Apr. 2021
  • As Roth said many times himself, obscenity was not a new thing in 1969.
    — Christopher Shea, Vox, 25 May 2018
  • The man yelled obscenities and ignored the trooper's orders to turn his SUV around.
    — Detroit Free Press Staff, Detroit Free Press, 26 Aug. 2019
  • But none of this should be taken as proof that there was no concept of obscenity in the Middle Ages.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 4 May 2020
  • Peirez used obscenities when complaining about being in the back of the plane.
    — Marwa Eltagouri, Washington Post, 18 Feb. 2018
  • While attending the verdict via video link, Ms. Nyanzi screamed obscenities at the court and bared her breasts in protest.
    — Abdi Latif Dahir, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2020
  • Police found the suspect had written an obscenity in dirt and tied a shopping cart to the SUV.
    — Brian Lisik/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 6 Feb. 2018
  • At the same time, a mob of angry white people snarls, yells obscenities, and hurls glass bottles at them.
    — Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Others said the portly 72-year-old would shout obscenities in his front yard when some chore went awry.
    — Tony Bizjak, Anita Chabria, Dale Kasler, Nashelly Chavez and Diana Lambert, sacbee, 25 Apr. 2018
  • Amelia Hoffman slams on the gas and screams obscenities out the window as her hatchback hurtles across the open field.
    — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 17 Dec. 2018
  • The problem with billionaires was not just the obscenity of their wealth.
    — Farhad Manjoo New York Times, Star Tribune, 12 May 2021
  • The group pushed back and went to court several times to overturn the obscenity rulings.
    — Victor Oquendo, ABC News, 14 July 2023
  • And the last ten minutes offer up a twist that had the entire theater erupting in a fury of obscenities.
    — Ineye Komonibo, Marie Claire, 25 Mar. 2019
  • Each could face six months to three years in prison if convicted of obscenity.
    — Sara Pagones, NOLA.com, 8 Oct. 2020
  • They were both arrested the same day on charges of obscenity.
    — Fernando Ramirez, Houston Chronicle, 13 July 2018
  • During the standoff, Banuelos would take a few steps out of the house, then shout obscenities, and go back inside, Miller said.
    — Jennifer Maher, The Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2019
  • One modest step would be to enforce laws against obscenity that are already on the books.
    — Nr Editors, National Review, 23 Jan. 2020
  • The man puts his arm around Sisolak, then insults him and calls him an obscenity inches from his face.
    — NBC News, 1 Mar. 2022
  • By the late 1970s, Flynt was battling obscenity charges and was briefly jailed in Cincinnati.
    — Chris Kenning, The Courier-Journal, 16 Feb. 2022
  • But there is something of value in the Miller test for obscenity as regards a new law banning hate speech.
    — Norm Pattis, Hartford Courant, 30 June 2024
  • But beyond the obscenities, Kareem is just a kid, and Coffee has to step in to help protect the family that he's grown to love.
    — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 24 Mar. 2020
  • Video showed the crowd jumping on the hood and roof while screaming obscenities at the officer inside.
    — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The video shows a woman pepper-spraying a group of Carson High School students and yelling obscenities.
    — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2024
  • Blackwell continued yelling slurs and obscenities at her and appeared to be pulling a knife when gas station patrons approached, the records say.
    — Harry Harris, The Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2024

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