bawdier; bawdiest
Examples of bawdy in a Sentence
Adjective
a bawdy film that is not appropriate for children
a bawdy comment about someone you work with could get you fired
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Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Nov. 2025
The Monster and Elizabeth, Young Frankenstein (1974) Mel Brooks’s classic monster-movie parody is bawdy, but in a PG kind of way.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2025
Bernice Worden and Mary Hogan had very different personalities
The series depicts Worden as flirtatious and bawdy, while Hogan (Rondi Reed) is shown as stern and cold.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Oct. 2025
Australian playwright Tony McNamara has turned his side hustle as a screenwriter into a blessing for Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things, The Favourite), and viewers of The Great, his bawdy historical farce for Hulu, can attest to his love of layered, lacerating insults.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
Hell’s Half-acre, the bawdy section of town, was thriving, the Texas Brewery opened in 1891, and Byer’s Opera House had brought burlesque to Cowtown.
—Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Nov. 2025
The Monster and Elizabeth, Young Frankenstein (1974) Mel Brooks’s classic monster-movie parody is bawdy, but in a PG kind of way.
—Katie Rife, Vulture, 9 Nov. 2025
Bernice Worden and Mary Hogan had very different personalities
The series depicts Worden as flirtatious and bawdy, while Hogan (Rondi Reed) is shown as stern and cold.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Oct. 2025
Australian playwright Tony McNamara has turned his side hustle as a screenwriter into a blessing for Yorgos Lanthimos (Poor Things, The Favourite), and viewers of The Great, his bawdy historical farce for Hulu, can attest to his love of layered, lacerating insults.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bawdy
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“Bawdy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bawdy. Accessed 16 Nov. 2025.
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