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Recent Examples of indecently
Caleb Crawford was convicted of indecently touching a 12-year-old girl in October 2016 and was in jail until October 2018.
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Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Feb. 2026
Another alleged victim said she was indecently assaulted in London in 2004.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Feb. 2026
Another alleged victim said she was indecently assaulted in London in 2004.
—Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 20 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for indecently
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The board’s responsibilities were diminished in 2017, after news reports revealed questionable financial practices and an audit found board members inappropriately intervened in the agency’s daily operations.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
17 Apr. 2026
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Her office confirmed the program was funded by the city, but said the nonprofit was using the funds inappropriately.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
17 Apr. 2026
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The movie vulgarly sexualizes youthful political ardor and, even more contemptibly, the very notion of racial justice.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
5 Sep. 2025
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The team was forced to survive unbearably harsh conditions within the snowy mountains, with some even resorting to cannibalism.—
Kevin Jacobsen,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Apr. 2026
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Kelli O'Hara and Rose Byrne are so unbearably funny.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
8 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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As detailed in the 2026 Clock Statement, the risks to civilization are intolerably high.—
Daniel Holz,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Apr. 2026
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The data doesn’t show how many Texans were automatically re-enrolled — and who might unenroll if their premiums rose intolerably.—
Sasha Richie,
Dallas Morning News,
16 Jan. 2026
Adverb
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An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated the opening year of North County Fair.—
Roxana Popescu,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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According to the recall notice, if the decoration's wires are connected incorrectly, the current-limiting resistor can overheat, posing a burn hazard.—
Michelle Del Rey,
USA Today,
14 Apr. 2026
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It has been called the most reprehensibly racist film in Hollywood history.—
Antonia Blyth,
Deadline,
7 Feb. 2026
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Logan, who comes across as an even more fervent Barry Pepper, is the most convincing of the actors left to sell characters who say and do reprehensibly offensive things but turn out to be decent people.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Charging over $100 for a short train ride sounds awfully high to me.—
Jesse Zanger,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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The result is that these Iranian characters, when talking among themselves in their native tongue, sound awfully like Americans having a conversation in the mall or at a nearby table at a restaurant.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Apr. 2026
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All told, the destructive flooding killed at least 136 people along a several-mile stretch of the river, raising questions about how things went so terribly wrong.—
Jim Vertuno,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
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Things aren’t going terribly well as of late for the Prius.—
Joel Feder,
The Drive,
8 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Indecently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/indecently. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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