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Recent Examples of kinky The kinky pic from British first-time feature writer-director Harry Lighton follows the burgeoning odd-couple pairing of the handsome and charismatic Ray (Alexander Skarsgård) and introverted but curious Colin (Harry Melling). Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 18 May 2025 One of its hero ingredients is Manuka honey, which Buechner says is thick and nourishing enough to deep-condition coily, kinky hair. Malia Griggs, Glamour, 2 May 2025 Francis Ford Coppola goes kinky gothic delicious for this classic tale of the Prince of Darkness/Jonathan Harker/Mina love triangle featuring Gary Oldman, Keanu Reeves, and Winona Ryder as its leads. Jordan Crucchiola, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2025 Its popularity isn’t just hype: The 58 long bristles carefully and efficiently detangle even the kinkiest of Type 4 curls, and the 47 mini bristles gently smooth and calm static for a polished finish. Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 26 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for kinky
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Adjective
  • This bizarre tale about being picked up by bounty hunters, taken to an unmarked warehouse without access to food, water or an attorney were clearly fabricated.
    Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 1 July 2025
  • Alicia Hannah-Kim is breaking her silence after a bizarre incident with Cobra Kai costar Martin Kove earlier this month resulted in him being removed from a fan event for biting her.
    Mekishana Pierre, EW.com, 30 June 2025
Adjective
  • The night before the baby junco landed in the research team’s net, a strange, shifting light filtered through the forest, not far from where the Long Trail, Vermont’s end-to-end hiking route, traverses the Mount Mansfield ridgeline.
    Madeline Bodin, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2025
  • This film is set entirely inside a taxi cab that Panahi is driving around Tehran, as different people drift in and out of his car with their own strange and very personal dramas.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • Sometimes your audio is all screwed up and echoing, there are weird pauses everywhere, and nothing interesting gets said.
    Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 28 June 2025
  • People talk about uncanny valley in terms of the look of these robots – there’s kind of a weird uncanny valley thing going on as well with AI artwork.
    Katcy Stephan, Variety, 26 June 2025
Adjective
  • McGrath's older brother and two of her younger sisters described her as funny, sarcastic, full of life and so caring that the homeless in her neighborhood greeted her by name.
    Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 25 June 2025
  • Much like his character, Boyce is mild-mannered, kind and effortlessly funny.
    Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2025
Adjective
  • Sometimes leaders aren’t curious enough to ask what people really want.
    Dr. Diane Hamilton, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
  • Schumacher feels the situation is heading in that direction and was thus curious about Russell's options.
    Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 July 2025
Adjective
  • Juve haven’t looked genuine title contenders in Italy for half a decade, and the current side is a mismatch of talented youth and odd signings.
    Emmet Gates, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
  • The odd creature turned out to be a new species of dragon millipede, according to a study published June 25 in the journal Invertebrate Systematics.
    Lauren Liebhaber, Miami Herald, 30 June 2025
Adjective
  • But Kosinski elevates that journey by capturing racing in all of its gorgeous, peculiar glory—there’s never been a portrait of Formula One quite like it.
    David Sims, The Atlantic, 28 June 2025
  • Albeit a streamer determined to do things its own peculiar way.
    Chris Lee, Vulture, 27 June 2025
Adjective
  • Trump’s erratic approach to trade is converging with other economic and technological policies to undermine the United States’ preeminent role.
    REBECCA LISSNER, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
  • The fact that the story works at all despite its bizarre tonal shifts and erratic pacing is a testament to how strong the game’s themes and characterization truly are.
    Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2025

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“Kinky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kinky. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.

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