How to Use erotica in a Sentence

erotica

noun
  • The scenery was pinier and more romantic than the tree erotica of a Yankee Candle jar.
    New York Times, 27 Oct. 2021
  • There was somebody who was selling Kindle erotica of me getting gang raped by five guys and stuff like that.
    Geek's Guide To The Galaxy, WIRED, 2 Sep. 2017
  • Now he has been exposed as a devotee of Bigfoot erotica.
    Brittney McNamara, Teen Vogue, 1 Aug. 2018
  • The same can be said of the actor's latest foray into the radical world of women's erotica.
    Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 17 Mar. 2022
  • The study found that most of the men who claimed to be bisexual were physically aroused only by gay erotica.
    Joseph Castro, Discover Magazine, 24 Aug. 2011
  • Which is probably why every class of erotica is streaming all over screens big, small, and handheld.
    Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 June 2023
  • The General Assembly this year passed the bill banning child erotica.
    BostonGlobe.com, 4 Nov. 2021
  • The state police alleged that the internet connection at the church itself was connected to the sharing of the child pornography and erotica.
    BostonGlobe.com, 31 Oct. 2021
  • Tia, the protagonist of your new book, Eva, is a famous erotica novelist.
    Annabel Gutterman, Time, 8 July 2021
  • There was a lot of subliminal, Freudian-level erotica in there.
    Jim McLauchlin, WIRED, 12 June 2018
  • With no historical record, scholars have pondered the meaning of Moche’s erotica.
    Ryan Dube, WSJ, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Most gutting, though, is the brutal shaming of poor Lily, who just wanted to share her alien erotica with other people who might enjoy it and instead has become a laughingstock.
    Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 20 Sep. 2021
  • Anyway, sorry, that’s why Bigfoot erotica was all over Twitter.
    Casey Newton, The Verge, 1 Aug. 2018
  • Images and audio are great, but sometimes there’s nothing better than reading some good old-fashioned erotica.
    Glamour, 27 Sep. 2019
  • Instead, there remains a bit of a misconception that all of modern erotica is somehow similar to Fifty Shades, with female submissives being the name of the game.
    refinery29.com, 18 May 2018
  • Quinn streams audio-only erotica with not a GIF or video in sight, and the platform features messaging, likes, and comments like any other social media platform.
    Wired, 15 Nov. 2019
  • The writing is respectable, by erotica standards, and the stories are performed by believable, likable actors.
    Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 21 July 2019
  • Like the name suggests, X-Art offers members a collection of truly beautiful and, well, artistic, erotica.
    The Editors, Marie Claire, 13 Aug. 2019
  • Our selections included raunchy Black erotica from authors like Zane, but the most enticing books were the ones that told gritty stories about navigating the streets.
    refinery29.com, 14 June 2018
  • There are dozens of online fandoms dedicated to romance and erotica.
    Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 29 Jan. 2023
  • Few day-trippers expect to stumble across an exhibition of gay erotica.
    B.f. | Kendal, The Economist, 24 Oct. 2019
  • Fans of trans erotica are extremely loyal, as there’s relatively little content available to them that fills their needs.
    Lynsey G., Glamour, 12 Sep. 2017
  • Good erotica is hard to write; graceful and convincing audio drama is hard to produce; and the awkwardness of flawed attempts at both is excruciating.
    Sarah Larson, The New Yorker, 21 July 2019
  • But, also, the feeling of total debauchery is still there with stuff like superhuman orgies and dolphin erotica.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 19 July 2019
  • Down from the attic’s pitched stairs, the foundation’s vast erotica collection unspools, occupying most walls and some ceilings; there’s also a library.
    R. Daniel Foster, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2019
  • The new guidelines exclude text, so erotica remains permitted.
    Shannon Liao, The Verge, 3 Dec. 2018
  • Featuring a naked Braxton with just a sheet draped over her crotch, Daniela Federici’s photos drove the public crazy while the story was supposed to be nonfiction erotica, to bring out the sexuality from the soulful church girl.
    Michael Gonzales, Longreads, 10 June 2019
  • Literotica Images and audio are great, but sometimes there’s nothing better than reading some good old-fashioned erotica.
    Irina Gonzalez, Glamour, 3 July 2021
  • Rachel Kramer Bussel, erotica author and editor, agrees.
    Irina Gonzalez, Glamour, 31 Dec. 2019
  • Joyce and Doug ended last season on the outs as business partners, even though the fusion of her feminist intellect with his sensational instincts gave the magazine its ethos as the thinking woman’s erotica.
    Alison Herman, Variety, 21 July 2023

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