as in lust
intense sexual desire
dedicated to the poet's lover, the sonnet has eros as its theme
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Noun
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These roles required an adult grasp of lust and jealousy and nihilism.—
James Marcus,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025 -
Louise Hémon The jury would also like to acknowledge a director whose film transported us into an extreme landscape, and created an unsettling atmosphere that kept us contemplating the nature of lust, education, and violence.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Brought together by filmmaker Saúl Alvídrez, these two radical elders share passion, politics, and wisdom.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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Despite challenges, including a PED suspension that forced him to miss the entire 2021 season while with the Mets, Canó’s passion for the game remains undiminished.—
Denny Alfonso,
New York Times,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The eroticism is undeniable, never safe or consumable.—
Jerry Saltz,
Vulture,
23 Oct. 2025
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On the other side of the coin, a hearty shift toward big romance and a little eroticism has not kept Swift from dipping into her characteristically more reflective songwriting, as a yin to the album’s celebratory yang.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
3 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Gregory of Nyssa, contemplating the Christian horror of concupiscence, once theorized that had not Adam and Eve sinned, the two of them would have remained virgins and reproduced in whatever way angels did.—
David Harsanyi,
National Review,
8 June 2023
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The depictions are disturbingly romantic: seminude invaders among smoldering monuments, preening with bloodlust and concupiscence.—
Cullen Murphy,
The Atlantic,
9 June 2020
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“Eros.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eros. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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