How to Use voyeurism in a Sentence

voyeurism

noun
  • Video voyeurism has now gone to sea — on a cruise ship.
    Chabeli Herrera, miamiherald, 14 Dec. 2017
  • Forbes pleaded guilty to one felony count of video voyeurism.
    Katy Moeller, idahostatesman, 22 Dec. 2017
  • The book's blend of voyeurism and psychodrama scream movies.
    Jake Coyle, Star Tribune, 13 May 2021
  • The clip shown is about voyeurism, a man spying on a naked young woman.
    Thomas Hine, Philly.com, 3 May 2018
  • John Coleman, 42, has been booked with two counts of video voyeurism, said Capt.
    Michelle Hunter, NOLA.com, 15 Dec. 2020
  • He was placed under arrest on a charge of video voyeurism, a felony.
    Madeleine Marr, miamiherald, 13 June 2018
  • The bill would define the crime as voyeurism, and it could be charged as a felony or a misdemeanor.
    Mike Cason, AL.com, 8 Feb. 2018
  • In terms of structure the main challenge was to avoid all stereotypes and avoid voyeurism.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 14 Feb. 2022
  • Evidence of voyeurism was found on three of the devices.
    Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 31 Oct. 2022
  • There’s a voyeurism in seeing how someone spends her time, down to the length of her showers.
    Sophie Haigney, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2022
  • From my standpoint, there’s a little voyeurism in there.
    Nicole Brodeur, The Seattle Times, 2 July 2019
  • One of those scholars, Ariella Azoulay, has questioned the claim of voyeurism.
    New York Times, 24 May 2018
  • His voyeurism becomes more active when Felix leaves him alone to go to the beach.
    Jasmine Liu, The New Republic, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The 34-year-old also has six counts of video voyeurism, all third-degree felonies, state court records show.
    Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The maximum penalty for video voyeurism is one year in prison.
    William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 30 Oct. 2020
  • In one way, learning about the movies that presidents watched is just pure voyeurism.
    Matt Novak, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Sliver has lots of voyeurism and Tom Berenger being a total grease ball.
    Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2024
  • There's a sense of voyeurism to watching hungry children eat.
    Mark Curnutte, Cincinnati.com, 13 Jan. 2018
  • Video voyeurism is punishable by up to three years in prison in Rhode Island.
    Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 28 Mar. 2024
  • He is charged with one count of first-degree voyeurism, a misdemeanor.
    Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 13 Oct. 2022
  • But, if your tastes run to voyeurism and decadence, there’s nothing like an in-person Janelle Stone event.
    Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Mirasol has been charged with six state charges of voyeurism in Broward County.
    Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Police arrested the man Wednesday and charged him with two counts of voyeurism.
    CBS News, 22 Mar. 2018
  • This is a kind of voyeurism that converts the solemn and sacred into a background for selfies.
    Charles M. Blow New York Times, Star Tribune, 29 Mar. 2021
  • That’s not to say there isn’t some garden-variety voyeurism at play.
    Meghan O'Gieblyn, Wired, 24 Jan. 2022
  • If voyeurism was Kat’s thing, that would be something to celebrate.
    Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 18 June 2019
  • Mason pleaded no contest to nine felony charges of video voyeurism.
    Elliot Tritto, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Ashton Thomas, 27, pleaded guilty Monday to four counts of video voyeurism.
    Tracy Neal, Arkansas Online, 25 July 2023
  • In fact, among the tour merchandise at the United Center, there’s a T-shirt with a clever dig at the audience’s voyeurism.
    Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 15 July 2022
  • The image of the body keeps recurring all series long, a bit of lewd voyeurism that never feels quite justified by the show’s aesthetics otherwise.
    Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 26 July 2024

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