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Recent Examples of crudity And, while its crudity is certainly purposeful, its sense of purpose can be elusive at times. Phillip MacIak, The New Republic, 28 Mar. 2023 The crudity is part of the point. Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2022 During scenes at the duke’s palace, Rigoletto’s sneering crudity barely masked his hatred for the court. New York Times, 2 Jan. 2022 Intelligent management of the pandemic was always going to involve restrictions, but the resort to the heavy-handed command-and-control of Cuomo and de Blasio showed few signs of intelligence and revealed a management style notable mainly for its crudity. Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 2 Oct. 2020 See All Example Sentences for crudity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crudity
Noun
  • Brain rot has become unavoidable, its grossness ubiquitous.
    Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • With nearly 400 responses recounting long waits for a check to outright rudeness, customers detailed what pushes them from their usual tipping habits to a complete cutoff.
    Darlin Tillery, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025
  • There’s some rudeness, aggressive conversations, and crudeness, but nothing too over the top.
    Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The sour stench of the carcasses was a vulgarity almost too great to bear.
    Nathaniel Rich, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Action rocks as Season 2 leans more into DCU absurdity and vulgarity.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • There’s some rudeness, aggressive conversations, and crudeness, but nothing too over the top.
    Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 4 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • With Boise State leading 7-3 and having just forced a 4th-and-long deep in South Florida territory, Banks threw down USF quarterback Byrum Brown, resulting in an unnecessary roughness penalty and a new set of downs that eventually led to a Bulls touchdown.
    Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Despite the bang-bang nature of the play, To’oTo’o was called for unnecessary roughness.
    Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The coarseness of your grounds is determined by the width of the space between the two grinding burrs.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025
  • In particular, there’s a stunning coarseness and ugliness in the Republican Party today.
    Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Almanzar then allegedly became upset, put her finger in Ellis’ face, yelled obscenities, scratched her face with her long nails and spit on her, Ellis testified.
    Conor Murray, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Ellis claimed Almánzar yelled obscenities at her, cut her left cheek with a three-inch fingernail, and spit on her.
    Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • This approach bridges the divide between Eastern discipline and Western abstraction’s emotional rawness.
    Byron Armstrong, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • However, injury concerns — along with plenty of rawness in his game — caused some teams to hesitate.
    Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025

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“Crudity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crudity. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.

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