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Example sentences for: lurid

How can you use “lurid” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

She recognizes that Chambers' Witness is "one of the great American autobiographies," even a "masterpiece," yet still regards it as "torrential" and "lurid."
To judge from your answers, the entire outfit is nothing more than a dumping ground for lurid videos of anorexic lawyers attacking pretentious investigators of paranormal cartoons, presided over by an immoral tycoon.
We are an odd collection of "adventurers, loners, and losers," as illustrated by a sex crime described in lurid detail.
The fish-wives and their fishmongering husbands got a reputation for their lusty and lurid eloquence of speech.
And even though the film is full of laughs, the jokes hover on the edge of the abyss: This is a world in which lurid colors and extravagant gestures are means of filling the void.