sensuality

as in greed
excessive pursuit of fleshly pleasures some readers objected to the novel's graphic depiction of sensuality

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Recent Examples of sensuality Named after the famous Parisian district and first introduced in 2004, the style has become a Louboutin signature with its sleek proportions expressing the sensuality embedded in the brand. — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2026 But those who crowded into Krasner’s 1958 show at Martha Jackson’s New York gallery, her first since Pollock’s death, encountered her Earth Green series—paintings that exploded in vibrant color and exuded life, sensuality, fecundity, and freedom. — Mary Gabriel, Air Mail, 3 Oct. 2026 Inspired by Federico Fellini and the golden age of Italian cinema, this act celebrates the emergence of the Italian diva—an enduring symbol of glamour, sensuality, and style. — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 22 Sep. 2026 Maluma’s playful, confident verses add another layer of flirtation, while Shakira’s unmistakable vocals bring both sensuality and command to the track. — Isabela Raygoza, Billboard, 18 Sep. 2026 But Northeast’s performance, which emanates joy and a guileless sensuality, deserves to be as much of a launchpad to stardom. — Inkoo Kang, New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2026 Their design vernaculars seemed to have always been in conversation, with their understanding of sensuality existing in parallel spaces, even if their expression of it was different. — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 2 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sensuality
Noun
  • Expect greed, luck, obsession and the old adage that fortune really does favor the brave (and the strange, according to A+E).
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Tammy Faye stuck by Bakker, often with tears running down her mascara, even as many saw his downfall as a fitting symbol of the greed and hypocrisy of the 1980s.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The voluptuousness of the atmosphere evokes a mood of nineteenth-century literary decadence.
    — Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 17 July 2026
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  • The rich textures and thick ambiance of The Eyes of Others are pure high modernist 1960s Italian cinema, but De Sica unfurls the film’s winding intrigues with a contemporary sense of suspense, carnality, and visual boldness.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 29 Apr. 2026
  • But as Maud's God begins to talk back, and her desperate pleas for divine intervention send her into fits of orgasmic fervor and desperate carnality, Glass hints at the depths of mania powering the nurse's dedication.
    — Dennis Perkins, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • But what promises to be a night of hedonism quickly becomes something much more complicated, as Frankie and Taylor are forced to confront what has been left unsaid about their friendship and respective futures.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The drug’s relative obscurity has allowed its champions to shake off the baggage of the nineteen-sixties, and to position its use, not as hippie hedonism but as a medical intervention compatible with patriotic duty and Christian faith.
    — Michelle Lhooq, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026

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“Sensuality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sensuality. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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