Live in the sordidness of discoloured wall-paper for another year, or go through the anxiety of artistic effort and manufacturers' stupidity and delay, to say nothing of the expense, only to have the whole thing scrapped before the wedding?
"The Rough Road"
William John Locke
He is repelled by the sordidness of his environment or the suffering he has had in life.
"The Literature of Ecstasy"
Albert Mordell
To Happy, this morning the murky room which was both kitchen and dining hall seemed the epitome of sordidness, with its newspaper-plastered walls and creaking puncheon floor.
"The Tempering"
Charles Neville Buck