How do you use Indecent in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like indecorous or improper, plus the exact meaning.
Indecent meaning
- Offensive to good taste.
- Not in keeping with conventional moral values; improper, immodest, or unseemly.
- Generally unacceptable for public broadcasting but not legally obscene.
Synonyms of Indecent
Using Indecent
- The main meaning on this page is: Offensive to good taste. | Not in keeping with conventional moral values; improper, immodest, or unseemly. | Generally unacceptable for public broadcasting but not legally obscene.
- Useful related words include: indecorous, improper, indelicate, obscene.
- In the example corpus, indecent often appears in combinations such as: indecent images, of indecent, indecent assault.
Context around Indecent
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 12 middle, 6 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Indecent
- In this selection, "indecent" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, felony, making, misdemeanor, assault, exposure and images stand out and add context to how "indecent" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include counts of indecent assault and, and an indecent breach of and indecent assault. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "indecent" sits close to words such as baskets, cannes and cheshire, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with indecent
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He’s facing charges of rape, sexual assault, recklessly endangering another person, indecent assault, and indecent exposure. (17 words)
After a lengthy hostage situation, police arrested the man, 55, for investigation of kidnapping and indecent exposure. (17 words)
And, to Vincentians in all works of life, do not follow indecent models of leadership and serving. (17 words)
Mills was jailed for 14 years for rape, four years each for two counts of indecent assault, and two years each for two more counts of indecent assault, all to run concurrent to his previous eight-year sentence handed down in 2021. (42 words)
There are 17 new charges against Humes, including indecent dealing with a child, aggravated common assault, persistent sexual conduct with a child, deprivation of liberty, threat to harm, and possessing an indecent or obscene article. (35 words)
Boys and young men aged between 14 and 23 were the most likely victims in where 76 of 80 threats and extortions recorded last year related to the sharing of indecent images. (32 words)
Example sentences (20)
Peletisala Maka was arrested Friday and charged with two counts each of Felony Indecent Exposure, Felony Indecent Liberties with a Minor and Misdemeanor Indecent Exposure.
Devaney was found not guilty of one count of indecent assault while the jury failed to reach a verdict on two further counts of indecent assault.
He admitted charges of taking, permitting to be taken or making indecent images of children and possessing indecent images of children.
Mills was jailed for 14 years for rape, four years each for two counts of indecent assault, and two years each for two more counts of indecent assault, all to run concurrent to his previous eight-year sentence handed down in 2021.
Ross, who was convicted of indecent exposure and an indecent breach of the peace in 1989, will be sentenced in July.
The chiropractor had previously been convicted on two counts of indecent contact with children and two counts of indecent exposure.
He is charged with statutory sexual assault, aggravated indecent assault, indecent assault by a person less than 16 years old and interference with the custody of children.
He’s facing charges of rape, sexual assault, recklessly endangering another person, indecent assault, and indecent exposure.
There are 17 new charges against Humes, including indecent dealing with a child, aggravated common assault, persistent sexual conduct with a child, deprivation of liberty, threat to harm, and possessing an indecent or obscene article.
He was also found guilty of three counts of indecent assault and two counts of buggery against a second complainant and four counts of indecent assault against a third complainant.
Actress and mum of four, Mercy Johnson has disclosed how Veteran actress, Patience Ozokwor, advised her years ago advised her to stop indecent dressing.
After a lengthy hostage situation, police arrested the man, 55, for investigation of kidnapping and indecent exposure.
A MAN seen cycling naked in North Wales who claims he was arrested for "indecent exposure" was later released without charge.
And, to Vincentians in all works of life, do not follow indecent models of leadership and serving.
An "evil" 65-year-old man has been jailed after he was found guilty of a string of historic sexual offences including rape, indecent assault, and indecency with a child.
Baird, 38, of Garth 24, Killingworth, North Tyneside, pleaded guilty to five offences of taking indecent images of children and one of voyeurism.
Bhopal of Madhya Pradesh has become the first municipal corporation in the country which has banned the use of indecent words.
Boys and young men aged between 14 and 23 were the most likely victims in where 76 of 80 threats and extortions recorded last year related to the sharing of indecent images.
Christopher Thomas Binns, whose character is hospital DJ Ivan Brackenbury, pleaded guilty last November to five counts of making indecent images of children and one of possessing a prohibited image.
David Baillie, 70, was locked up for six years and nine months after being convicted for a string of indecent assaults at his surgery in Glasgow's Maryhill.
Phrases with indecent
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with indecent
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- indecent images 62×
- of indecent 44×
- indecent assault 36×
- indecent exposure 33×
- and indecent 19×
- an indecent 18×
- making indecent 12×
- possessing indecent 8×
- for indecent 7×
- indecent photographs 7×