titillate
verb
tit·il·late
ˈti-tə-ˌlāt 
titillated; titillating
: to act as a stimulant to pleasurable excitement
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Examples of titillate in a Sentence
a film made to titillate the audience
writing that titillates and provokes
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Too little and one runs the risk of watering down the horrific nature of the killers' crimes; too much and one veers into titillating sensationalism.
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 16 July 2024
That’s got to be titillating to people with that amount of money.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 12 July 2024
But the skill in this genre is titillating and intriguing the audience along the way to happily ever after.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 16 May 2024
Both titillating, memorable situations for our heroines, but this one doesn’t do much to develop character or plot.
79.
—Jennifer Keishin Armstrong, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2024
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Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 16 July 2024
That’s got to be titillating to people with that amount of money.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 12 July 2024
But the skill in this genre is titillating and intriguing the audience along the way to happily ever after.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 16 May 2024
Both titillating, memorable situations for our heroines, but this one doesn’t do much to develop character or plot.
79.
—Jennifer Keishin Armstrong, Vulture, 1 Apr. 2024
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“Titillate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/titillate. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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