as in lust
intense sexual desire
dedicated to the poet's lover, the sonnet has eros as its theme
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Agatha is surely one of the most interesting characters in the MCU, having ruined her relationship with her own son because of her literal lust for Death.Dani Di Placido, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Pedro and Julia are drawn by opposites-attract lust.Armond White, National Review, 30 Oct. 2024
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The idea of the task force came from Melissa Powers, who said cold cases have been a passion of hers since taking office.Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 30 Oct. 2024
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Bakery stops have been few and far between, but that relatable passion helped introduce Harris to the American public at lightning speed.Meghan McCarron, Bon Appétit, 29 Oct. 2024
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Vampires always had this potential, and indeed the eroticism is there in the source text, which the movie makes some changes to.James Grebey, TIME, 18 Oct. 2024
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Audrey said this film is an exploration of eroticism in the post-#MeToo era.Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Sep. 2024
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Gregory of Nyssa, contemplating the Christian horror of concupiscence, once theorized that had not Adam and Eve sinned, the two of them would have remained virgins and reproduced in whatever way angels did.David Harsanyi, National Review, 8 June 2023
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The depictions are disturbingly romantic: seminude invaders among smoldering monuments, preening with bloodlust and concupiscence.Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 9 June 2020
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“Eros.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eros. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
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