lurid造句

the lurid covers of paperbacks

lurid stories of politicians’ sexual adventures

the lurid details of the murder

The lurid sunset puts a red light on their faces.

Accurate reporting takes second place to lurid detail.

a lurid incident that scandalized the whole town.

A publication, such as a magazine or book, containing lurid subject matter.

His revelations of financial corruption were lurid and highly exaggerated, but they had a tremendous impact.

She took care to paint her toe nails a lurid red or orange.

His hatred of you burns with a lurid flame-the flame that never dies.

The film is in lurid colors, a pulp counterpoint to the elegance of the action.

One of my resolutions this New Year is to popularize the term " thick presence. " It sounds lurid, but it's not.

At Stanford, California, graduating students wear a lurid 4 pink and orange stole instead of the traditional hood.

Mentioning death in polite society is considered morbid unless it's in the context of a lurid murder.

His doomed marriage with a young actress, Robin Givens, made fodder for headlines and ended amid lurid tales of domestic violence.

She gave him an affectionate goodnight, and went out with him to the door, whence the fire of Coketown could be seen, making the distance lurid.

It was whispered, by those who peered after her, that the scarlet letter threw a lurid gleam along the dark passageway of the interior.

That gets its first outing in the Book of Revelation, a lurid account of the apocalypse probably best read as an allegory of the individual Christian's journey to salvation.

Their preferred style, both of speaking and dress, is that favored by game show hosts -- no accident, since the televangelized are often ardent fans of daytime TV, with its big-prize game shows, melodramatic talk shows and lurid soap operas.

He is accused of failing to take action against a former colleague in the Republican party, ex-congressman Mark Foley, who sent lurid e-mails to boys working as administrative assistants in congress.

It stitches together the most lurid scandals in post-Soviet history in a narrative of infamy and camouflage, arguing that Russia is run by a gang of murderous ex-KGB men.