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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After all, romantic comedies aren’t about the beauty and dynamics of love so much as the fizzy allure of lust and infatuation.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
8 June 2026 -
The moon touches down on your ninth house, stirring curiosity, faith, wanderlust and a lust for something bigger than your usual routine.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
8 June 2026
Noun
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Productivity and output went up; passion and joy went down.—
Rolling Stone Culture Council,
Rolling Stone,
8 Dec. 2025
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Meanwhile, Font says, her passion to be onstage and make music remained strong.—
Nancy Kruh,
PEOPLE,
8 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Anderson ties her interest in revolution to her eroticism; the idea of violently capturing freedom for herself and others turns her on.—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
24 Nov. 2025
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The brutality of conformism, the draining of romantic love, the disavowal of human eroticism and desire—these are the tenets of the society that Singh and Musteata have drawn, with an impish humor, a society that must smell rank, given the interdiction against clean teeth.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
21 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Through the eyes of a scammer, America is a nation of satyrs and harlots, our concupiscence interrupted only by occasional trips to Walmart or the gas station.—
Dan Piepenbring,
Harpers Magazine,
26 May 2026
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“Eros.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eros. Accessed 18 Jun. 2026.
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