1.   It also exposed a deeply traditional country to a relentlessly sordid spectacle.

2.   Never before had the graceful, gossamer, magical kingdom of figure skating encounter such a sordid spectacle as that of the Tonya Harding-Nancy Kerrigan clubbing incident.

3.   Practical man, how could you defend such a sordid spectacle?

4.   In northern Europe, the whole sordid spectacle is seen as archaic and cruel and boycotted by many visiting tourists to the south.