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.
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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 -
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 -
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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