Sentence examples for rather sordid from inspiring English sources

Those within it must do whatever they can to survive, they cannot display any signs of weakness, and the whole thing unfolds as a rather sordid public spectacle.

The more of these stories I read about, the more they seem to me to represent a rather sordid misogynistic world where Victorian value judgments prevail and where women seem to be treated as bits of property.

"This is the first time I've been back," he says, referring to the dark and rather sordid episode when he checked in under a fake name and binged on crack cocaine, male escorts and room-service vodka for nearly three weeks.

Sorry State of Affairs BILL CLINTON has allowed a rather sordid little private affair to balloon into a big question of judgment and probity, which has already brought indignity to the office of U.S. president.

At worst, a brief and rather sordid love affair between man and Tupperware.

Both are contenders for their party nominations despite rather sordid histories of partisan infidelity and, at best, weak connections to their current party's organization and leadership.

There are certain public events that you anticipate with an unreserved glee but that, even when they turn out precisely the way you might have hoped, leave you feeling sad and sordid rather than satisfied.

Because the proper liar knows that the movements of people through time are not eased by transactions of truth; rather than a sordid fact that would demand an unpleasant effort on the teacher's part, he knew he had to deliver certain other things.

It was an odd and unthinking thing to say — and, owing to the jarring reminder of the state and weight of things, sorry for us all.​ There are certain public events that you anticipate with an unreserved glee but that, even when they turn out precisely the way you might have hoped, leave you feeling sad and sordid rather than satisfied.

There are spoilers ahead so if you'd rather not know the sordid details, please look away now.

It is one of those beguiling stories that makes the restaurant business seem sweet, romantic and attractive rather than the bitter, sordid and ugly affair it too often really is.