How to Use crass in a Sentence

crass

adjective
  • A few people seemed shocked by her crass comments.
  • Don was a blowhard, and about one in ten of his crass jokes were funny.
    — Sarah Miller, The New Yorker, 15 Nov. 2020
  • The vigil can come to look like voyeurism, the human care made crass.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Sánchez refers to herself as loud and crass, and her writing proves it.
    — Keishel Williams, Washington Post, 17 July 2022
  • Elvis would never have been so crass as to have fired Colonel from the stage.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 25 June 2022
  • The service There’s nothing as crass as a check-in desk here.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 June 2026
  • Liverpool fans know how hurtful crass chants can be.
    — Simon Hughes, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
  • But there have also been factors that feel crass to include in a list such as this.
    — Megan Feringa, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
  • In crass times like these, the deep civility that powers his voice is a balm.
    — Frances Mayes, New York Times, 2 June 2017
  • Boys and young men have always enjoyed the crassest of humor.
    — Donie O'Sullivan, CNN Money, 6 June 2026
  • To be sure, crass and hateful public figures are worthy of ridicule.
    — WIRED, 28 July 2023
  • Some Democrats denounced it as a crass play, rooted in stereotype.
    — Maya King, New York Times, 10 June 2024
  • For me, that shows that there is hope — and this could be a bit crass, but that there’s hope for White people.
    — Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2021
  • Paris on a gray day, when light is harmonized with its absence and nothing dares to be so crass as to flash.
    — Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023
  • But as crass as that is, Sawant may in a sense only be channeling the people.
    — Danny Westneat, The Seattle Times, 2 June 2017
  • Lanthimos ridicules mankind’s treachery in films that, scene by scene, are not provocative, just crass.
    — Armond White, National Review, 21 June 2024
  • There is a saying on Wall Street that is too crass to repeat here in detail.
    — Vineer Bhansali, Forbes, 2 July 2022
  • Bar the odd bit of crass anti-gay banter among the students, the subject hardly comes up.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 9 Sep. 2022
  • But fans who witnessed it were troubled by the fan’s crass act after an emotional evening.
    — Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News, 25 Jan. 2024
  • But the content that earned the greatest scrutiny is his crass jokes about children.
    — Kalhan Rosenblatt, NBC News, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The show is never crass and does not overpush its genuinely warm welcome from the work-weary.
    — Chris Jones, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2024
  • Funny and silly without being crass or gross.
    — Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Nothing is crass or glaring or reminiscent of a child’s video game.
    — Mark Ewing, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
  • There’s a fine line between funny and crass, and White never fails to respect it.
    — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 11 Dec. 2021
  • The attendees clapped at his applause lines and laughed at his mugging and jokes, no matter how crass.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2024
  • And honestly, Chris, that is just a really crass thing to say.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Of course, with Burr, there’s still plenty of lines crossed and joyously crass humor.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 14 Jan. 2025
  • That’s a straightforward, even sympathetic premise with a crass edge to boot.
    — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Free speech covers the jokes, the satire, the parodies—even the dumb, crass, or offensive ones.
    — Lizz Winstead, Time, 27 Sep. 2025
  • Young right-wingers came of age believing strength is being crass, in your face, pushing boundaries.
    — Carlo Versano, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2025

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