1.   It was the most lurid testimony so far in a trial that has at times seemed more soap opera than circuit court.

2.   These conflicting images of Stein have emerged during three days of lurid testimony at her criminal trial here in Westchester County Court.

3.   They heard four weeks of often lurid testimony in Brooklyn federal court.

4.   There were seven days of lurid testimony.

5.   A dozen women clad in Muslim veils and scarves sat in the public gallery listening raptly to the lurid testimony, some of them shaking their heads in disbelief.