Read full poem →On the long night-time of that town;
But light from out the lurid sea
Streams up the turrets silently--
Dictionary Entry
Shocking, horrifying.
In a Sentence
“The accident was described with lurid detail.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
light luridglare luriddetails luridtales luridpicture luridstories lurid
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Poetry examples for “lurid”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →On the long night-time of that town;
But light from out the lurid sea
Streams up the turrets silently--
Read full poem →On the long night-time of that town,
Light from the lurid, deep sea
Streams up the turrets silently —
Read full poem →For he struggles at times to arise,
And above him the lurid skies
Are hot with his fiery breath.
Read full poem →All these thoughts of love and strife
Glimmered through his lurid life,
As the stars' intenser light
Read full poem →How red my setting sun appears,
How lurid looks this soul of mine!
Read full poem →youth’s side. He was listening with eagerness and much humility
to the lurid descriptions of a bearded sergeant. His lean features
wore an expression of awe and admiration. He was like a listener
Read full poem →I opened the door and blinked out into the bright hall. I had the
impression it wasn’t night and it wasn’t day, but some lurid third
interval that had suddenly slipped between them and would never
Read full poem →push down,’ and finally through the split, shaven place between her
legs, lurid with disinfectant, I saw a dark fuzzy thing appear.