titillate
verb
tit·il·late
ˈti-tə-ˌlāt 
titillated; titillating
: to act as a stimulant to pleasurable excitement
Examples of titillate in a Sentence
a film made to titillate the audience
writing that titillates and provokes
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And now viewers get a titillating look at Magnolia Pictures' upcoming flick, directed by Lotfy Nathan and drawing from his Coptic Christian background, with its first trailer, released on Wednesday.
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Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
And while there are some titillating fights throughout sports history, few steal the spotlight as much as the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox — two baseball teams who are reigniting that fire in front of a new generation with the American League Wild Card Series starting on Sept. 30.
—Tj MacIas, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
The designs were puckish and gender-bending, evoking both awe and repulsion—the sort of clothing that titillates lovers of conceptual fashion and bewilders the uninitiated.
—Ana Karina Zatarain, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
The poet titillates, commands by images—and only thus persuades.
—Elaine L. Wang
september 11, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
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Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 1 Oct. 2025
And while there are some titillating fights throughout sports history, few steal the spotlight as much as the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox — two baseball teams who are reigniting that fire in front of a new generation with the American League Wild Card Series starting on Sept. 30.
—Tj MacIas, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
The designs were puckish and gender-bending, evoking both awe and repulsion—the sort of clothing that titillates lovers of conceptual fashion and bewilders the uninitiated.
—Ana Karina Zatarain, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2025
The poet titillates, commands by images—and only thus persuades.
—Elaine L. Wang
september 11, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for titillate
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“Titillate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/titillate. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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