LEWD in a Sentence

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For LEWD, below is one of 5 sentences:
Perhaps ten per cent compose the well-to-do and the best of the laborers, while at least nine per cent are thoroughly lewd and vicious.

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 Meanings and Examples of LEWD
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
lewd
 a.  lustful; indecent; suggestive of or tending to moral looseness
Classic Sentence:
1  Perhaps ten per cent compose the well-to-do and the best of the laborers, while at least nine per cent are thoroughly lewd and vicious.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In VIII
Example Sentence:
1  The moral decadence of the people was reflected in the lewd literature of the period.
2  I recognized this as a signal used by persons wishing to engage in lewd conduct.
3  Chaucer's monk is not pious but salacious. a teller of lewd tales and ribald jests.
4  His arrest for lewd behaviour seriously damaged his credibility as a religious leader.