Sentence examples for lewdness from inspiring English sources

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lewdness

noun

The property of being lewd.

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During the game of blind-man's buff, when the Prince's tutor Gallison grabs a lady-in-waiting with inadvertent lewdness, Ratmansky gives precise notes about how the woman needs to deliver her admonitory slap – "it must hurt a little bit, but do it with love".

A virtuous, gold-plated knight challenges the villainous Typhon, an ape-like figure who is fawned upon by fairly repulsive but beautifully painted women representing sickness, madness and death (Typhon's daughters), and temptations such as lewdness, lust and excess.

But it has been delayed while Sri Lanka's own vice-and-virtue squad launch another assault, on internet pornography.In this section Lunch with the Taliban A damp squib Rajapaksa's big cover-up Breaching the great firewall Fish fight Where there's smoke ReprintsReal-life lewdness is also out.

The first was against the mixing of lightly clad men and women, which could encourage lewdness and promiscuity.

For others the problem is the incitement to commerciality, lewdness or even unhealthy eating.

Half a dozen angry citizens have filed lawsuits against Mr Youssef, on grounds varying from lewdness to claims that "The Programme" represents a threat to national security.

Lawsuits have been filed against Mr Youssef, on grounds varying from lewdness to claims that "The Programme" threatens national security.

Accounts of the "Bunga Bunga" sessions include much alleged lewdness, but no mention of actual sex.The accusation that the prime minister abused his powers may be easier to prove and carries a heavier maximum sentence (12 years against three for having sex with a juvenile prostitute).

He appeals to intermediaries whose advice and explanations produce new bewilderment; he adopts absurd stratagems; squalor, darkness, and lewdness attend his search.

In 1954 their recording of Irving Berlin's classic "White Christmas" was banned from the radio because of alleged lewdness, yet it became a perennial seller.

Hammer thrived on the savage appraisals of reviewers who used words like "degrading" and "nauseating" to describe the generous helpings of lewdness and gore.

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