How to Use obscene in a Sentence

obscene

adjective

• He spends an obscene amount of money on clothes.
• He made an obscene gesture at the driver who cut him off.
• He was accused of making obscene phone calls.
• The company's executives earn obscene salaries.
• Paying to get to the front of the line might seem obscene.
  — Alan Levine, STAT, 22 Dec. 2020
• If the judge finds the book is not obscene, the filing is dismissed.
  — Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 20 May 2022
• Forget about the price tag, which is obscene, of course.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 31 Mar. 2021
• This tape is strictly for the streets and made to be played in a car at obscene levels.
  — Christopher Claxton, Billboard, 1 Oct. 2024
• The money schools spend on search firms is obscene, Carr says.
  — John Talty, AL.com, 26 Oct. 2017
• The film, which features an all-Asian cast, does not hold back on the vulgar and obscene.
  — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 7 July 2023
• The cost for the two items—more than three hundred dollars—had struck me as obscene.
  — Elif Batuman, The New Yorker, 18 Apr. 2022
• The Vikings paid Cousins an obscene amount of money to take them to Super Bowls.
  — Bob Sansevere, Twin Cities, 13 Oct. 2019
• The highlight of the scene is the obscene amount of blood that sprays the audience that has come to see Sue at the New Year’s Eve show.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 23 Sep. 2024
• Then the man and woman made obscene gestures and drove away.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 3 July 2020
• The amount of cash being tossed around is obscene, and that’s part of what makes the show guiltily watchable.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Feb. 2025
• Bond for the resisting and obscene phone call charges was set at $1,000.
  — Michelle Hunter, NOLA.com, 23 May 2018
• The sons say the boys used it to make an obscene gesture to the school librarian.
  — James Walsh, Star Tribune, 24 Mar. 2021
• The obscene sign is allowed and they were granted a permit.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 10 Jan. 2024
• What community would that be, and to whom is the film obscene?
  — Elaine Ayala, ExpressNews.com, 12 Mar. 2020
• His inviting wealthy art tourists to come visit at a cost of $6,500 per night is obscene.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2021
• The department will be in charge of ruling whether books are obscene under the law.
  — Peter Greene, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023
• The worker said the man honked his horn, rolled down his window and made an obscene gesture.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 20 Jan. 2022
• The man is being charged with lewd, indecent and obscene acts.
  — Adam Sabes, Fox News, 12 Aug. 2023
• On the surface, that might be viewed as an obscene amount of money for a 32-year-old, who couldn't stay on the floor during the Paris Olympics.
  — Morten Stig Jensen, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
• The law forbids the sending of obscene materials through the mail.
  — Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 28 Apr. 2023
• Calls people by their names, and not the kind of generic obscene names the old-time managers favored.
  — Scott Ostler, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2021
• For the purposes of the instant motion, the Court assumes that the film and the magazines are obscene.
  — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 9 Mar. 2018
• Yes, this is an obscene price for a Qi wireless charger.
  — Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 19 Jan. 2025
• The charge was lessened to one count of possession of obscene material, and Reubens pled guilty.
  — Erin Jensen, USA Today, 24 May 2025
• The obscene cost of healthcare has pushed manufacturers offshore and kept wages stagnant for decades.
  — Ro Khanna, Twin Cities, 12 June 2025