Sentence examples for sordid activity from inspiring English sources

"It stopped feeling like this larger-than-life divine institution ordained and led by God, and more like the sniping and sordid activity of men who wanted to be in control," Phelps-Roper said.

Or, you know, just basically involving them in sordid activities that they were desperately trying to forget".

Whatever the CPS decides, there is now plenty of evidence out there to justify an independent judicial inquiry into these sordid activities for which no one has yet been held to account.

Mr. Halprin's other ideas include improving the lighting and restoring seating to the plaza, which had been removed in years past because of the sordid activities it attracted.

Travis became obsessed with the show when it aired, and the mysterious character at the show's core: Laura Palmer, the murdered teen queen whose sunny disposition hid a laundry list of sordid activities and a history of cruel treatment.

Meanwhile, the sordid activities of a few members of the "secret" service are now anything but secret.

As a staunch fundamentalist, you're probably concerned with the sordid activities of progressive thinkers and their depraved quest for equality.

It's a desperately unpleasant phrase and it can't just be me who hears those words and unconsciously thinks of sordid nocturnal activities.

We confined our search to homes decaying into the ground, boasting spooky legends or tragic murders, or serving as sites for sordid illegal activities.

But this kind of sordid hole-in-the-corner activity is very different from entertaining American audiences with harmless tales of visits to Buck House".

The judge described his activities as "evil and sordid".