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Adjective
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Bardo for being masturbatory and self-pitying, Empire of Light for being shallow and unfocused.—
Vulture,
Vulture,
24 Jan. 2023 -
And this use was a selling point, not a secret, during an era of anti-masturbatory rhetoric.—
Kim Adams,
Discover Magazine,
30 June 2020
Adjective
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That’s because the singer’s soft, sensual vocals and sense of spacing maintain a strident sense of passion and grace, only to end this breathless encounter on a major chord and a hastened beat.—
A.D. Amorosi,
Variety,
24 Feb. 2025
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From her breakout album Control to the socially conscious Rhythm Nation 1814 and the sensual evolution of The Velvet Rope, Jackson’s career has been a masterclass in reinvention.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
22 Feb. 2025
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The 35,000-year-old Venus of Hohle Fels, a small sculpture of a voluptuous woman, could be considered humanity’s first pin-up model.—
Chris Erik Thomas,
Them,
10 Feb. 2025
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The hourglass is considered voluptuous because the hip and bust appear larger, but a slim and small-framed person can also have this body type. Strengths of the hourglass body shape People with the hourglass body shape are said to have the most proportionate body type.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2025
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