How to Use vulgarity in a Sentence

vulgarity

noun
  • I was shocked by the vulgarity of his language.
  • He uttered a vulgarity and was silent.
  • We have a policy against printing vulgarities in our magazine.
  • But since then, his foul language and vulgarities have rubbed us the wrong way.
    — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2025
  • The truth in that case, of course, is that the word was intended as a vulgarity.
    — Arkansas Online, 26 July 2021
  • A lot of people see that as vulgarity, but that’s not what this culture is about.
    — Nacey Watson Johnson, Billboard, 8 Mar. 2023
  • If an usher hears any vulgarity, then that person needs to be tossed.
    — Bobby Nightengale, The Enquirer, 30 June 2021
  • The irony lies in the confronting vulgarity of this speech, but not in its substance.
    — Katherine Cross, The Verge, 24 Aug. 2018
  • The world has become a nonstop vulgarity, and our movies can’t keep up.
    — Wesley Morris, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2020
  • Miss Manners is relieved not to be asked what to do about that vulgarity.
    — Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The sour stench of the carcasses was a vulgarity almost too great to bear.
    — Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • But now is not the time for tinfoil hats or partisan vulgarity.
    — John Kass, chicagotribune.com, 18 May 2017
  • All that racist vulgarity was piled up right next to Arbery’s lifeless body in the middle of the road.
    — Washington Post, 23 Feb. 2022
  • The caller said the man, who had luggage, was making phone calls and screaming vulgarities.
    — John Benson, cleveland.com, 11 Jan. 2018
  • But the vulgarity of reading the dress as truthful or not about the body inside was astounding.
    — Susan Steade, The Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Songs marked explicit mean their lyrics include swear words or other vulgarities.
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
  • In fact, the Ford world is so removed from the vulgarity outside the stainless-steel doors, there might as well be a moat around the place.
    — Brad Dunning, GQ, 28 Mar. 2018
  • His vulgarity, insults and threats do not make America great.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2026
  • Like The Front Page, the curtain line ends with a vulgarity drowned out by soundtrack noise.
    — Thomas Doherty, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Dec. 2022
  • But the vulgarity of the passionate Celtics fans still caught Wall by surprise.
    — Scott Gleeson, USA TODAY, 11 May 2017
  • There is an onslaught of F-bombs from start to finish, plus every other vulgarity in between.
    — Benjamin Vanhoose, Peoplemag, 25 July 2024
  • Legend called on the first lady to intervene, and Teigen used vulgarities.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2019
  • And luxury lies not in richness and ornateness but in the absence of vulgarity.
    — David Netto, Town & Country, 9 July 2015
  • In recent years, people on the right have had some screwy ideas of manliness, equating it with belligerence and vulgarity.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 16 Nov. 2020
  • The real marvel, in this instance, being the avoidance of vulgarity.
    — Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2025
  • The court was clear that, absent special circumstances, mere vulgarity or criticism of the school does meet this standard.
    — Evan Gerstmann, Forbes, 23 June 2021
  • That line is a testament to the vulgarity of the old studio moguls (plenty of great movies have messages), yet there’s a certain stubborn truth in it.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 3 Aug. 2022
  • The rough edges, villainy, vulgarity, greed, and double-dealing are airbrushed from the Met’s story.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 3 Oct. 2020
  • Late in the campaign and seeking to reverse the polls, Meade has changed style, adopting a more folksy manner and even tossing off some mild vulgarity.
    — Maria Verza, Fox News, 26 June 2018
  • In a wounding polemic, Irving Howe attacked Roth for his vulgarity.
    — Jeet Heer, The New Republic, 24 May 2018

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