How to Use sexting in a Sentence
sexting
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Perales’ campaign says the sexting went on over three months.
—Washington Post, 29 Mar. 2018
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To practice safer sexting, at the very least, add a passcode to your phone and have your partner do the same.
—Suzannah Weiss, Glamour, 30 Apr. 2019
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At one point, the boy takes out a tape recorder (oddly old-fashioned in the age of iPhones and sexting), and asks Anne to share certain secrets.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 25 May 2023
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Some of the students involved could face possible felony charges for being part of the sexting ring.
—Rebecca Rose, Cosmopolitan, 9 Nov. 2015
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But as the emails threaten to spill over into some weird form of sexting, the guests become more equivocal.
—Sean Malin, Vulture, 13 Aug. 2021
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There’s science to support the use of sexting as a tool to help mend marital issues, too.
—NBC News, 21 Apr. 2018
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As more teens get involved in sexting, parents’ worries about the trend are mounting even faster.
—Sue Shellenbarger, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2018
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Two years ago a third of the Plainfield High football team got caught in a sexting scandal that resulted in the team forfeiting a game.
—Desmond Conner, courant.com, 18 June 2017
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There was sexting, there were Zoom dates, an onslaught of tasteful and not-as-tasteful nudes peppered with a few choice horny video messages.
—Alison Roman, Bon Appétit, 30 Apr. 2020
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Surgical masks are in shortage and Democrats need work on reportage, but first: a cartoon about parental sexting.
—Alex Baker-Whitcomb, Wired, 4 Feb. 2020
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The bill also requires schools to have access to some sort of sexting curriculum that schools could use to teach about the topic, though they would not be required to do so.
—Kristen Wyatt, The Denver Post, 27 Apr. 2017
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While boys are sometimes bullied or shamed over sexting, girls are more likely to be victimized.
—Sue Shellenbarger, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2018
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The film follows Weiner’s run for mayor of New York in the wake of his first sexting scandal, and how another scandal broke midway through the campaign to doom his chances.
—Hilary Weaver, Vanities, 19 May 2017
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In 2013, a sexting scandal with another woman ended his bid for mayor of New York City.
—Nicole Hong, WSJ, 25 Sep. 2017
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The solution, says this e-mail, is an interview with two authors willing to discuss both the perils of sexting and the value of good manners.
—Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2018
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Where, when, and what to eat for dinner is the most common topic of conversation, rather than planning your next date, or (God forbid) sexting.
—Mallory Schlossberg, Redbook, 16 Feb. 2017
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Here's how to handle every sexting situation that comes your way.
—Suzannah Weiss, Glamour, 30 Apr. 2019
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The Indiana ruling is among a string of cases in which sexting laws are clearly nonsensical.
—David Kravets, Ars Technica, 5 Oct. 2017
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The city’s mayor, Kwame Kilpatrick, was at the center of one of politics’ first big sexting scandals (unrelated to the corruption charges that later put him in prison), and the pair were inspired.
—Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2019
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A month after a sexting scandal landed three Forest Hills Local Schools employees on leave, a second one of them is quitting.
—Hannah Sparling, Cincinnati.com, 1 Nov. 2017
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In the outcry that followed, users vowed to delete the app forever and signed a petition to restore sexting capability.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2023
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Weiner's personal and professional life had been collapsing around him for half a decade even before the sexting case.
—Ellie Kaufman, CNN, 25 Sep. 2017
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Some states have passed new sexting laws that reduce the penalty for teens from a felony to a misdemeanor, for example, or even community service for a first offense.
—Amy Hasinoff, Teen Vogue, 3 Mar. 2018
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The bill, which has bipartisan support from 15 different sponsors, would change the way teen sexting cases are handled.
—Lucy Diavolo, Teen Vogue, 7 Mar. 2019
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Shorewood High School students are taught about the dangers of sexting and online bullying in class meetings at the beginning of the year and in health education classes throughout the year.
—Jeff Rumage, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 18 Apr. 2018
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Exhibition and exploitation seem painfully linked in an era where selfies are the norm and sexting scandals have become banal.
—Harper's BAZAAR, 6 June 2017
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The congressman, whose laptop was searched by the FBI as part of a sexting investigation, and Abedin separated last year.
—Washington Post, 10 May 2017
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Smarter about relationships in the age of sexting and Tinder than nearly any other modern show, this hit just wrapped its run after five successful seasons.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 1 Feb. 2021
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That Snapchat, born of ephemeral sexting, would become another one of the world’s largest communication platforms.
—Ryan Faughnderstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 16 July 2022
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Three months later, Weiner’s laptop was seized as part of an investigation into his sexting with a minor.
—Chris Smith, The Hive, 14 Dec. 2017
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