Ms. Nugent handles Catherine's sad, sordid existence in a deceptively flat manner.

His was such a sordid little existence, to take that from him would be to kill him.

They should be grateful to him for putting an end to their whole trivial sordid existence.

Cross me, and I guarantee that LlewellCo-and I personally-will do everything in our power to make the brief remainder of your sordid existence a living hell.

Whatever Paula's problems were when she was mourning the death of her druggy lover, Michael Hutchence, she would never have wished such a sordid existence on her daughter.

It is in turns literal and impressionistic, exploring the sordid and solitary existences of the spiritually moiled as they play out against the backdrop of the drab modern city.

Then, when they ride you out of town on a rail, I'll be waiting at the city line and take you away from your sordid existence.

Crime, now that he was temporarily away from it, seemed a sordid, futile existence.

Mr. Baker touches on the psychology of the abused woman, reaches for a melodramatic windup and succeeds in creating an unsettling view of sordid existences.

The comparison of this free and noble life with the sordid existence of those around her broke down the last barrier of opposition.