The politician resigned after the sordid details of his campaign financing were revealed.

The politician's past revelations made the entire campaign look even sordider than anyone had feared.

The novelist did not shy away from exposing the city's sordidnesses, laying bare corruption, greed, and moral decay.

The novel exposed the sordidity of the city's underworld, shocking even its most hardened readers.

The biography did not shy away from the politician's sordidities, detailing every scandal and betrayal.

The film's slow, relentless exposure of the politician's sordidness shocked even his staunchest supporters.

The film exposed the sordidest aspects of the city's underworld, leaving viewers shocked.