How to Use libido in a Sentence

libido

noun
  • Lack of libido may be a sign of depression.
  • There are aces who have high libidos and aces with none to speak of.
    Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024
  • There are aces who have high libidos and aces with none to speak of.
    Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 14 Dec. 2023
  • But if the pain goes away, sometimes that will help libido.
    Lynne Terry, OregonLive.com, 31 Oct. 2017
  • But the problem is that the show has that true-crime plot as a backbone, but no pulse or libido.
    Daniel D'addario, Variety, 17 Nov. 2022
  • All of the above can put a major damper on your libido, says Levkoff.
    NBC News, 13 Feb. 2018
  • Our libido is one of the first things that’s impacted by stress.
    Washington Post, 29 Dec. 2020
  • It’s thought to be Sophocles who said that the male libido is like being chained to a lunatic.
    Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 1 Oct. 2020
  • Learning a bit more about the female libido and some of the forces that affect it as women age.
    Lisa Mulcahy, Good Housekeeping, 1 May 2022
  • The downside: the drugs can cause hot flashes, vaginal dryness, and a loss of libido.
    Maria Masters, Health.com, 17 Oct. 2017
  • Wealth, toughness, libido, swagger: The more of it there is, the thinking often goes, the better the song will be.
    Jon Caramanica, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2016
  • Let a vision that truly turns you on fire up inside of you, and just fill you with this light and libido.
    Bess Matassa, Teen Vogue, 5 Apr. 2018
  • The parental units just aren’t having it in their homes, leaving the couple stuck in libido limbo.
    Author: Wayne and Wanda, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Oct. 2019
  • That’s why some women report a decrease in libido as a result of the pill.
    Candice Jalili, Teen Vogue, 2 Aug. 2017
  • Then there are the rest of us, who moan in the night when a president with Clinton’s libido and Bush’s brain invades our dreams.
    Wired Staff, WIRED, 10 July 2001
  • More help across the board equals more time for self-care, giving you space to recover and maybe get your libido back, too.
    Kathleen Felton, SELF, 2 July 2024
  • While your libido has been waning in the hot summer sun, now, bubble baths aren’t the only thing on your mind.
    Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 30 July 2018
  • Not to mention that her libido is in overdrive during this time.
    Anonymous As Told To Sophie Saint Thomas, Marie Claire, 19 Sep. 2016
  • Very low levels, on the other hand, may lead to loss of libido and erectile dysfunction in men.
    Fiza Pirani, ajc, 26 June 2018
  • Most of us experience low libido at some point in our lives.
    Sophie Saint Thomas, Allure, 13 Dec. 2017
  • On Friday, the FDA approved a new drug meant to boost female libido, only the second of its kind to enter the market.
    Samantha Lauriello, Health.com, 24 June 2019
  • In processing these failures, one issue stands out: I am blessed (or cursed) with a high libido.
    The Oregonian/oregonlive, al, 25 Apr. 2019
  • Amag’s campaign has some of the hallmarks that helped launch the first female libido drug, Addyi, a once-a-day pill approved in 2015.
    Washington Post, 21 June 2019
  • Many herbs known to be considered aphrodisiacs have long been used to enhance libido — and moringa might be one of them.
    Valerie Agyeman, Good Housekeeping, 15 Aug. 2022
  • This is not just to boost your libido, but to make sure that if there’s a physical problem that it’s treated promptly.
    Time, 20 Apr. 2018
  • In many cases, lifestyle changes can improve libido in men.
    Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Décor includes faux pool tables, pictures of local Simpsons celebs on the wall and a love tester to check your libido.
    Vincent Crampton, OrlandoSentinel.com, 15 Sep. 2017
  • The latter promptly answers the call of his newborn libido by approaching Sela (Lily-Rose Depp), the in-house medic, and laying a hand on her breast.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 16 Apr. 2021
  • The khaps first came to international attention in 2012 after a group in Haryana blamed young girls’ libidos for inciting a string of rapes across the state.
    Ira Trivedi, Foreign Affairs, 22 May 2015
  • But what remained constant was that her libido was rarely, if ever, directed at another person, even her crushes.
    Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024

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