luridly

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Recent Examples of luridly But Masumura’s manner is raw and harsh, a cinematic parallel to pulp fiction, with intense emotional and physical violence, candid and heated eroticism, hectic performances, and luridly skewed visual compositions. Richard Brody, New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for luridly
Adverb
  • Bigelow and Oppenheim seem eager to make something far more than mere entertainment and, as a consequence, wind up with something conspicuously less.
    Justin Chang, New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Consumer stocks have been conspicuously absent from the market’s latest move to record highs.
    Fred Imbert, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • A bit further from the wreckage was a leather purse, jacket and a small pair of brown heeled boots that laid neatly next to a broken and bloody plastic chair.
    Aaron Valdez, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Oct. 2025
  • The agreement coincided neatly with the 10th anniversary of her brand.
    Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Even in the majors, though, the directive is strikingly similar, pun intended.
    Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
  • For an evening devoted to inspiration, the show’s final acts offered a strikingly different kind of message.
    Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Of course, the drawback to doing all that richly varied work is that she’s been traveling almost constantly.
    Marley Marius, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2025
  • The rally has been driven by megacap tech giants, which have invested billions in AI and are being valued richly on the potential of this emerging era.
    Yun Li, CNBC, 6 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Colors are back and smartly layered, sending an optimistic message.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Johnston smartly pointed to the 1941 Senate investigations into anti-Nazi movies where Hollywood adequately defended their industry against claims of extremism and warmongering.
    Chris Yogerst, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025

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“Luridly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/luridly. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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