1.   He has in his grasp the ability to reduce anyone to tears, through a snappy headline or lurid story.

2.   These days the cast are younger and prettier, the stories more lurid.

3.   Even as the casinos flourished, however, the Turkish media waged a zealous anti-casino campaign, with lurid stories of suicides and family hardships associated with gambling debts.

4.   His lurid story is told mostly through the firsthand accounts of fellow celebrities.

5.   Keys allegedly killed her man a week after the newlyweds tried to sell the tabloids a lurid story about him being a British serial killer.

6.   Last week, Russell and Dominique Keys tried in vain to sell the tabloids a lurid story about Russell being a British serial killer.

7.   Muriel Gray and other friends were left to provide some balance to all the lurid stories of a tragic, troubled, star-crossed woman.

8.   Newspapers across the Southwest also competed to write the most lurid stories about their exploits, both real and imagined.

9.   The idea is that the Enquirer does investigative stories, Star offers celebrity news, and Globe has unvarnished lurid stories.

10.   Though known for her sense of humor, Shepherd writes flat, humorless prose, deflating the shock value of her lurid stories.