Sentence examples for seen as obscene from inspiring English sources

Art is seen as obscene and destroyed.

They are seen as obscene deviants, unlawfully and unabashedly enjoying what every sensible person should resist".

"Beckoning people to come to you by holding your palms up, for example, may be seen as obscene among Latin Americans," the guide states.

In particular, they should take their inspiration from one of six existing pieces: James Joyce's "Ulysses" (which, as the news release mentions, was "once was banned in the United States because it was seen as obscene and lewd"); Strindberg's play "The Father," ("a striking example of a dysfunctional family"); Gauguin's painting "Where Do We Come From?

How do we reconcile the notion that we would like shareholders to be able to rebel against pay packages that are seen as unfair, or even obscene, while simultaneously condemning an organisation which did that as unruly or ungovernable?

False swearing, which damaged God's reputation, was seen as far more serious than obscene language.

The Struggle to Redefine Fat Identity," "fat is seen as repulsive, funny, ugly, unclean, obscene and above all, as something to lose".

They have been accused of greed and short-sightedness, seen as the fat cats making obscene profits on the back of musicians' creativity.

I literally said the word 'transvestite', she saw that as obscene, and made me leave the classroom.

The case, which was seen as a test for the 1959 Obscene Publications Act, came to encapsulate the clash between the old establishment and the new wave of liberalisation in the 1960s.

Is improving their condition seen as a potential 'pull factor?' "This logic is almost as obscene as the suggestion that saving lives in the Mediterranean might tempt others to come.