“The sordidness of the abandoned building was evident in the layers of grime and decay that covered every surface.”

“The politician's sordidness was apparent to all, as his numerous scandals and unethical behavior betrayed his lack of integrity.”

“After calls to 8 or 10 other producers in town, none of whom was willing to get involved with such sordidness, Leslie told them to call me.”

“Tianjin and Beijing are two other cities where the work of extirpating public sordor and decadence was successfully carried out.”

“The splendour and the sordor is side by side, the audacity and the grubbiness, the pathos and bathos.”