How to Use priapic in a Sentence

priapic

adjective
  • There is the occasional priapic silliness and the title is unwieldy if not awful.
    The Economist, 2017-07-13
  • Primitive humans once celebrated May 1 with fertility rituals — think maidens with garlands dancing around a priapic maypole.
    John Kelly, Washington Post, 2018-04-30

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