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Recent Examples of luridly
This involved hanging and displaying the body in a luridly public cage.
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Tara Ramanathan, Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Mar. 2026
The story was subbed, luridly headlined, set in type, and fitted lovingly into the front page.
—Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
The horror comes from the violation of a group meant to exist in harmony — featuring a cast of real dancers as the luridly fluid characters — being thrown violently out of sync, like a body spasming.
—Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
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
Tara Ramanathan, Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Mar. 2026
The story was subbed, luridly headlined, set in type, and fitted lovingly into the front page.
—Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
The horror comes from the violation of a group meant to exist in harmony — featuring a cast of real dancers as the luridly fluid characters — being thrown violently out of sync, like a body spasming.
—Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
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
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James Fishback, who conspicuously lacks any qualifications or accomplishments, wages an openly antisemitic campaign.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
17 Apr. 2026
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There are lines about Medicaid cuts and a research program devoted to racial inequity having its funding conspicuously disappear.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
17 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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California politics rarely works that neatly.—
Matt Klink,
Oc Register,
16 Apr. 2026
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Those two goals didn’t always fit neatly together.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
15 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Proponents say these bills are a response to an industry that has been strikingly fast-moving and secretive, providing little opportunity for substantive public input.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
12 Apr. 2026
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Sandel frames the lesson in strikingly personal terms.—
Ryan Brennan
April 10,
Kansas City Star,
10 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Trained on such a corpus, an AI helper could speak your company’s language fluently, and reveal richly profitable connections in your files.—
Erik German,
Fortune,
11 Apr. 2026
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The role of specific fungi within each group is richly varied.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
6 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Consider adding in a storage unit or pantry organizers to maximize space smartly.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
17 Apr. 2026
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Romvari smartly uses the stunning natural landscape of the area surrounding Vancouver to lend her film some cinematic heft.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
16 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Luridly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/luridly. Accessed 19 Apr. 2026.
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