“That ghastly crudity of seeing in sex nothing but a functional act and a certain fumbling with clothes is, in my opinion, a low degree of barbarism, savagery.”

“He had a streak of crudity in his speech, impatient, unpredictable, but curiously effective in a debate where the established authority was under attack.”

“The ex-slave would often apologize to the reader for the relative crudity of his text as a work of literature.”

“His constant jokes about bodily functions revealed his crudeness and lack of manners.”

“The crudeness of his language offended everyone in the room.”

“His jokes were met with awkward silence, highlighting the crudeness of his sense of humor.”

“Mrs. Bennet, with her crudities and bullying and toadying, had caused the young men to flee in terror.”

“In this way he strove to explain away the crudities of the literal narrative.”

“Affluence also creates an ever-growing class of well-off consumers, many of whom seek to emulate the crudities of consumption of the elites.”