1. Montesinos'climb to power has been notable for its sordidness . 2. Little does she know of the sordidness surrounding her. 3. The overall image was absurd enough to overshadow the sordidness at its root. 4. That it's taking place at a time of war only magnifies its sordidness . 5. There have already been many criticisms of its brutality, its stark realism, its sordidness . 6. So much sordidness , and yet even the most decent listener finds the beauty in this music. 7. The confrontation with their mother s sordidness brings them to realize how poor their own lives are. 8. Yet for all the sordidness in this story of a male hustler, there is caring and pathos. 9. Americans historically have had distaste for politicians, but teenagers today have witnessed political sordidness unthought of only a generation ago: 10. Ms . Richardson registers as less of a wounded survivor than a strong, untarnishable transcender of the sordidness around her.