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Were the photographs made for prurience, to objectify the victims, or to blackmail the guilty?
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Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
16 Feb. 2026
A far cry from Salò, or films dominated by prurience, this movie, and these three lovers, are having a torrid affair with art, politics, and society’s mores—their own little revolution amidst a real one.
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John Ortved,
Vogue,
29 Oct. 2025
Mike White slickly disintegrates American family and friend relations — using flashy prurience but no analysis.
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Armond White,
National Review,
9 Apr. 2025
Their psychic life is not pried with pity or prurience; their paralysis or tragic humility is not mined for metaphor.
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Seyward Darby,
Longreads,
16 July 2024
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Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
16 Feb. 2026
A far cry from Salò, or films dominated by prurience, this movie, and these three lovers, are having a torrid affair with art, politics, and society’s mores—their own little revolution amidst a real one.
—
John Ortved,
Vogue,
29 Oct. 2025
Mike White slickly disintegrates American family and friend relations — using flashy prurience but no analysis.
—
Armond White,
National Review,
9 Apr. 2025
Their psychic life is not pried with pity or prurience; their paralysis or tragic humility is not mined for metaphor.
—
Seyward Darby,
Longreads,
16 July 2024
See All Example Sentences for prurience
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“Prurience.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prurience. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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