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Recent Examples of luridly
This involved hanging and displaying the body in a luridly public cage.
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Tara Ramanathan, Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Mar. 2026
The story was subbed, luridly headlined, set in type, and fitted lovingly into the front page.
—Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
The horror comes from the violation of a group meant to exist in harmony — featuring a cast of real dancers as the luridly fluid characters — being thrown violently out of sync, like a body spasming.
—Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
But Masumura’s manner is raw and harsh, a cinematic parallel to pulp fiction, with intense emotional and physical violence, candid and heated eroticism, hectic performances, and luridly skewed visual compositions.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2025
Tara Ramanathan, Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Mar. 2026
The story was subbed, luridly headlined, set in type, and fitted lovingly into the front page.
—Christine Smallwood, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
The horror comes from the violation of a group meant to exist in harmony — featuring a cast of real dancers as the luridly fluid characters — being thrown violently out of sync, like a body spasming.
—Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
But Masumura’s manner is raw and harsh, a cinematic parallel to pulp fiction, with intense emotional and physical violence, candid and heated eroticism, hectic performances, and luridly skewed visual compositions.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for luridly
Adverb
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Clocks are conspicuously absent, as are opening and closing times, as well as dress codes.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
28 Apr. 2026
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Dallas is 8 for 19 on the power play, Minnesota — conspicuously missing distributor Mats Zuccarello (upper body injury) — is 3 for 19.—
John Shipley,
Twin Cities,
26 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Minoungou finished neatly beyond Switchbacks keeper Christian Herrera to take a 2-1 lead.—
Braidon Nourse,
Denver Post,
30 Apr. 2026
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The tools all fold neatly into a plastic container, making storage a breeze.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Four deep bowls of this type look strikingly minimalistic.—
Lori Waxman,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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If the answers in newspapers across the country for more than a century were so strikingly consistent, why did subscribers persist in asking variations of the same question?—
Lawrence Glickman,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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The need to convert customers into subscribers and to upsell current subscribers to higher service tiers means that Apple’s users are now subject to some of the same kinds of notifications and reminders that so richly annoy PC users in Windows 11.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
24 Apr. 2026
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While the life term was mandated under federal law, the judge described it as richly deserved for a man who has lived a veritable lifetime of crime.—
Jason Meisner,
Chicago Tribune,
20 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Meanwhile, as Disney smartly keeps its mouth shut, Kimmel continues to handle this latest controversy with aplomb.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
29 Apr. 2026
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The stage version smartly leans into all of it.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
27 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Luridly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/luridly. Accessed 3 May. 2026.
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