How to Use erotic in a Sentence

erotic

adjective
  • The texts went from erratic to erotic so fast that Robbins actually wants to use them to defend Jeff.
    Correspondent Maureen Maher, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2021
  • The power and potency of young love and the residual weight of fleeting erotic entanglements.
    BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2021
  • The threat of exposure keeps turning into flirtation; the erotic currents among all three turn into turbulence.
    Helen Shaw, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2021
  • The erotic and the literary were inherently intertwined in Lorde’s life.
    Emily Bernard, The New Republic, 25 Mar. 2021
  • Engel dares to imagine an elegant and plausible erotic arc for a human-bear relationship.
    Claire Cameron, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2021
  • The poetic and erotic letters sent to one death row prisoner by his girlfriend start to obsess the guard, leading to a touching moment of connection.
    BostonGlobe.com, 31 Mar. 2021
  • Decision to Leave is Park’s first film since his 201 erotic thriller The Handmaiden.
    Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Not all fanfiction is erotic — some can be a simple exploration into alternative plotlines for beloved characters.
    Michelle Santiago Cortés, refinery29.com, 13 Apr. 2021
  • This story contains spoilers for erotic thriller Deadly Illusions, now streaming on Netflix.
    Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 27 Mar. 2021
  • Rooting for her to get laid is one of the erotic peaks of the movie.
    K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2023
  • This came out in 1988 — the erotic thriller was alive and well.
    refinery29.com, 1 May 2022
  • The 17 rooms in our home in Echo Park are filled with erotic art.
    Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 22 Apr. 2022
  • The erotic parts of the diary could be self-mocking, too.
    Daniel Lewis, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Nov. 2022
  • That none of it was the least bit erotic was no surprise.
    New York Times, 29 June 2022
  • Richard Gere once again cannot get a break in an erotic thriller.
    Carrie Wittmer, Men's Health, 5 Jan. 2023
  • The fact that the lovers conform to a type, in their sighing and gasping, seems to buoy up, not to pop, the erotic mood.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Watch the first trailer for the erotic drama in the video below.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 14 Feb. 2022
  • The rose was the flower of Eros, the Greco-Roman god of passion and erotic love.
    Aj Willingham, CNN, 25 June 2023
  • If the erotic thrillers of the past explored the dangers of lust, Park Chan-wook explores the risks of longing.
    Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Still, viewers were quick to read the tangles of rosy limbs as erotic.
    Zoë Lescaze, New York Times, 16 May 2023
  • And then the second one is: What is the nature of erotic desire?
    Alyssa Bereznak, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2024
  • The erotic tension in the Jackass movies is more daring.
    Armond White, National Review, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The film takes place between the family’s home and the erotic theater.
    Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Dec. 2022
  • In the movies, even casual erotic hookups tend to be viewed through a sheen of stardom.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 Feb. 2023
  • But their erotic films are about so much more than just turning on their fans.
    Brooke Obie, refinery29.com, 28 June 2021
  • Rubbed her shoulders and kissed her and engaged in all of the many things that are part of the erotic life of many loving couples?
    Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2023
  • First to go was Anaïs Nin, who had held the title for most copies sold of an erotic novel in one week since 2004.
    Jamie Fewery, Harper’s Magazine , 22 June 2022
  • And what were the circumstances of your reunion with Sydney for 2021’s erotic thriller, The Voyeurs?
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Conversely, many of the bodies on display appear sapped of erotic charge by virtue of their hanging.
    Ara H. Merjian, ARTnews.com, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The house, which dates to the 1st century CE, is hardly the only ancient Roman site here to contain erotic imagery.
    Alex Greenberger For Artnews, Robb Report, 30 Oct. 2024

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