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Recent Examples of lechery
Harper is under siege by multiple manifestations of toxic masculinity—lechery, neediness, condescension, even Geoffrey’s uncomfortable banter.
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 25 May 2022
Perrotta is up to his old tricks, painting a man’s thoughtless lechery in touching tones, inviting misreading.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 13 June 2022
With comic rebuttal, Post’s Christine deflected Fielding’s lechery throughout the series’ run.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2021
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David Sims, The Atlantic, 25 May 2022
Perrotta is up to his old tricks, painting a man’s thoughtless lechery in touching tones, inviting misreading.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 13 June 2022
With comic rebuttal, Post’s Christine deflected Fielding’s lechery throughout the series’ run.
—Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Aug. 2021
See all Example Sentences for lechery
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lechery
Noun
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Here are two real-life examples of this cycle of erotomania.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2024
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This eccentric delusion is clinically recognized as erotomania.—
Eric Taipale,
Discover Magazine,
14 Oct. 2022
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Clark, instead, memorializes Black Twitter, hoping to prevent further perversion of Black innovation, Black language, culture and style.—
J Wortham,
New York Times,
9 Jan. 2025
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Originally, there was a title sequence that had nothing to do with John Doe and his fingertips or any of his composition book perversions.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
2 Jan. 2025
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Fearful of looking like bullies, Democrats by and large lost their ardor to block his confirmation.—
Michael Isikoff,
airmail.news,
25 May 2024
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Through thick and thin, a constant for McCann was his ardor for the Phillies, a club that has been in existence for over 140 years, winning a grand total — during that span — of two world championships.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
13 Dec. 2024
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Valentín, a political prisoner, shares a cell with Molina, a window dresser convicted of public indecency.—
Mike Fleming Jr,
Deadline,
22 Jan. 2025
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Ricardo Reyes Mata, a catholic priest and Dallas resident, was arrested by Garland police Monday on two felony counts of indecency with a child, police said in a release.—
Marley Malenfant,
Austin American-Statesman,
7 May 2024
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The minimum size of a white dwarf is controlled by something called electron degeneracy pressure.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
19 Dec. 2024
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Their spinsterhood took on an ominous cast, their celibacy no longer evidence of pure, Christian love, but now suggestive of physical, emotional, and intellectual degeneracy.—
Natalie Kinkade,
JSTOR Daily,
25 Sep. 2024
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“Lechery.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lechery. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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