lurid description
Frequency: 3.00.5 per million words
A description that is too detailed and shocking.
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Examples (20)
- She gave us a lurid description of the birth.
- The newspaper ran a lurid description of the crime scene.
- The tabloid newspaper provided a lurid description of the celebrity's affair.
- His novel contained a lurid description of a medieval torture chamber.
- The prosecutor's lurid description of the crime scene horrified the jury.
- She avoided the news, disliking its lurid descriptions of daily events.
- He spared no detail, offering a lurid description of his gruesome accident.
- The witness provided a lurid description of the accident.
- The film was criticized for its lurid description of violence.
- Critics panned the film for its gratuitous and lurid descriptions.
- The historical document contained a surprisingly lurid description of the battle's aftermath.
- The documentary offered a lurid description of the consequences of war.
- I would avoid giving such a lurid description; it might upset the listeners.
- He painted a lurid description of his journey through the jungle.
- Why must the media always present a lurid description of tragic events?
- Despite the lurid descriptions, the book was still a bestseller.
- The book was filled with lurid descriptions of medieval torture methods.
- The artist's work often featured lurid descriptions of mythological beasts.
- Listeners were shocked by the witness's lurid description of the attack.
- Can you spare us the lurid descriptions and just give the facts?