How to Use sensuous in a Sentence

sensuous

adjective

• The sensuous sounds of soul music created a warm atmosphere.
• A gentle, sensuous breeze caressed our faces.
• The black looks that opened the show, dripping in crystals and cut to reveal all the strangest, most sensuous parts of the body, are his Black Toiles.
  — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 12 Feb. 2022
• The painting’s sensuous rolling hills recall the curves of the human body, with the pink and gray folds of paint calling forth the matter of the human mind.
  — NOLA.com, 11 Jan. 2021
• The book hits retailers on March 27, but scroll down for a sneak peek of Pei’s lush, sensuous designs.
  — Morgan Sykes, The Cut, 25 Mar. 2018
• The commitment to the sensuous world seems to be a way of writing female passion.
  — Lara Feigel, The New Republic, 26 Nov. 2021
• Brown got her hips working on a sensuous rumba in round one.
  — Hal Boedeker, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Nov. 2019
• Its flavors follow a spicy line, but the texture — firm but not hard, with a chewy give to the tannins — is sensuous and vibrant.
  — Patrick Comiskey, latimes.com, 26 May 2017
• Hyde points to a scene in which Nancy asks Leo to take off his shirt and embarks on a slow, sensuous exploration of his body.
  — Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 17 June 2022
• A couple could have a lot of fun, even get frisky over such tactile, sensuous dining.
  — Providence Cicero, The Seattle Times, 18 May 2017
• By this time, Gonzalès had developed a loose, sensuous touch very much in the mold of Manet.
  — Washington Post, 29 Sep. 2021
• Though perhaps the Olds poem, if frankly sensuous, best reflected the spirit of the day.
  — Thessaly La Force, Vogue, 7 Nov. 2018
• And the slow, sensuous dream dance of Audrey Horne (Sherilyn Fenn), seemingly trapped in the prison of her own mind, to close the sixteenth episode.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2017
• At the time, a genre of sensuous, lo-fi synth music called chillwave was gaining prominence.
  — Carrie Battan, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2020
• It’s set dressing and stage lighting, of course—a sensuous office in which no one takes much pleasure.
  — Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2024
• But while the 2019 concept had hard lines, creases, and wedge shapes, the Prophecy goes to the other end of the spectrum, featuring smoother lines and sensuous curves.
  — Mihir Maddireddy, Car and Driver, 3 Mar. 2020
• The photos were sensuous and a little gauzy—like stills from a modern soap opera, filtered through a peach-colored screen.
  — Marris Adikwu, Vogue, 12 May 2021
• New tile floors, banquettes in flocked fabric, velvet drapes, and sensuous lighting will fill the space.
  — Greg Morago, Houston Chronicle, 25 Oct. 2017
• No one looks like him, with his thick pompadour, sensuous, downturned lips and doleful eyes.
  — David Marchesephoto Illustration By Bráulio Amado, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2022
• But even then, a sensuous, feminine side had started to push through.
  — Briana Miller | For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive, 9 Sep. 2022
• From its clean and sensuous body cut-lines to its soothing earth-tone and walnut interior, this wagon is a feast for the eyes.
  — Don Schroeder, Car and Driver, 3 Jan. 2023
• Coffee lovers value not only a strong aroma from a good cup of joe, but a sensuous mouthfeel as well.
  — ABC News, 29 Aug. 2021
• Here and there sand dunes intruded, softly sensuous in a wilderness of rock.
  — Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Dec. 2018
• Just this side of vanilla is enough for everyday wear, but sensuous enough for going out.
  — Nerisha Penrose, ELLE, 16 Nov. 2022
• Bea lingered in the Henry Moore gallery for a bit, his heroic bronzes splayed out, those solid, sensuous women.
  — Hazlitt, 30 Aug. 2023
• The Dora Milaje honors the female form by having the harness that wraps around the female body in a very sensuous way.
  — Candice Frederick, Harper's BAZAAR, 18 Feb. 2019
• Their faces are a footnote in a scene primed to explore the ravel of limbs, the sensuous indentations of spine, shoulder blades, and muscle.
  — Vulture, 17 Oct. 2023
• Ree also cuts at times to a sensuous painting of Nordland and his girlfriend in bed that Kysilkova has been working on.
  — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 22 Feb. 2021
• The friction between those two perspectives fascinates Femme, a volatile, sensuous revenge film in which the body and its desires don’t lie.
  — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 May 2024
• Cushion inhales deeply as his eyes sweep over the Queen Anne breakfast table with its sensuous, curved legs, the corner cupboard stacked with chinoiserie, the firedogs.
  — Annie Proulx, The New Yorker, 30 June 2024

Last Updated: 16 Dec 2024