How to Use vulgar in a Sentence

vulgar

adjective
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  • He was a vulgar man.
  • She had a coarse, vulgar laugh.
  • I will not tolerate such vulgar language in my home.
  • 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
  • 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
  • This was not a vulgar catcall—I was swathed in more fabric than the Virgin Mary.
    — Katharine K. Zarrella, WSJ, 2 Apr. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • He was caught on a hot mic making a vulgar comment to teammate Chris Godwin.
    — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 4 Oct. 2023
  • But after 10 years, seeing my lips with any hint of colour seemed oddly vulgar.
    — Lottie Winter, Glamour, 24 Oct. 2021
  • The chip on her shoulder led her to write a grand statement song, its title a vulgar epithet.
    — New York Times, 12 May 2022
  • In emails about a 2018 defamation case stemming from one of his tweets, Mr. Musk called himself an idiot in vulgar terms.
    — New York Times, 3 May 2022
  • Fans in the background directed a vulgar chant toward Biden.
    — Mckenzie Sadeghi, USA TODAY, 22 Oct. 2021
  • One of those was a masterpiece about an awful man's moral downfall, and the other was a gorgeous vulgar goof.
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 11 Nov. 2022
  • My interest in the role of rice in Mexico could not be reduced to anything so vulgar as bushels.
    — New York Times, 11 Nov. 2021
  • Among many others, so are a troupe of self-flagellating monks, a cart of corpses, a vulgar French taunter and a Trojan rabbit.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 16 Nov. 2023
  • Officers responded to Sky Zone Feb. 22 for a report of a man in the lobby who was drunk and being vulgar.
    — cleveland, 2 Mar. 2022
  • One of the biggest underdog hits of the 2000s was Little Miss Sunshine, a movie that pivots between adorable, vulgar, and quite dark.
    — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 9 Mar. 2022
  • What everyone's talking about The truth about Sen. John Kennedy's 'vulgar and racist' comments.
    — Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 17 May 2023
  • To be fair, the movie does portray its kid characters as the vulgar, foul-mouthed brats who populated movies back in the Reagan era.
    — Craig D. Lindsey, Chron, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Minting the coin would be a vulgar abuse of that trust at a moment when confidence in the system is already lackluster.
    — Oliver Renick, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2021

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