salaciousness

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Noun
  • But if his desire to return to the PGA Tour is as strong as Couples intimated, golf fans may well see him every week once again.
    Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 4 Mar. 2025
  • As Jaclyn tries to encourage (mock?) divorcee Laurie into having a fling at the resort with one of the staff members, Laurie is visibly torn between indulging her own desires and proving her friends’ pity to be misplaced.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Friedrich Nietzsche's idea of rationality, Apollonian, and the irrational passion, defined as Dionysian, have always been a sort of philosophical guide for Murano; his way of conceiving fashion.
    Alberto Calabrese, Vogue, 4 Mar. 2025
  • The artists respected Julian; loved to come to play for him sensing his profound love and passion for music.
    Howard Cohen, Miami Herald, 4 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • There is a deep eroticism in how, in their dream-like state, Lee and Allerton’s bodies communicate beyond language.
    Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2024
  • But the choice can make for a thrilling contrast to the eroticism on display: This is a world of blood and viscera, body fluids, and entrails, and Kurzel is going to show you all of it.
    Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 18 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The Sermon on the Mount, with all its grandeur and divine nobility of heart, has proved futile in diminishing the lust and gratification of raw power.
    Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Still, lust is the strongest bonding agent of all, so MG and Storm’s flirtation catches more than a few eyes.
    Laura Bradley, Vulture, 28 Jan. 2025
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“Salaciousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/salaciousness. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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