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a person's desire to have sex
They have healthy libidos.
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Recent Examples of libidos
An often nude Scarlett Johansson traipses about Scotland and preys upon men with active libidos.
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Randy Myers, Mercury News, 8 June 2026
Our libidos are also vulnerable to our overall mental health, life stressors, and the sense of intimacy in our relationships.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 5 Aug. 2025
Randy Myers, Mercury News, 8 June 2026
Our libidos are also vulnerable to our overall mental health, life stressors, and the sense of intimacy in our relationships.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 5 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for libidos
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Even before the exhibition was open to the public, as the museum was readying for a private press preview, passersby on Grand Avenue grabbed paper tags from the outdoor installation’s instructions table and began filling the olive trees with their desires, the Broad said.—
Deborah Vankin,
Los Angeles Times,
10 June 2026
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But her desires shift soon after meeting a new hire for the legal department, the British Daniel Blanchflower (Goldstein).—
Angelica Jade Bastién,
Vulture,
8 June 2026
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Teixeira’s surge into international reflects a sea-change on independent cinema finance and his own personal passions, Teixeira confessed at ECAM Forum.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
11 June 2026
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Pidgeon herself had also made that move to New York, working odd jobs in pursuit of her passions.—
Antonia Blyth,
Deadline,
10 June 2026
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There's about to be a lot of focus on soccer for the next month, what with the World Cup getting underway, but MLB is scoring itself some heat by bringing some serious heat.—
Matt Reigle OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
13 June 2026
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And the scale of the challenge — hundreds of thousands of international visitors unfamiliar with North American summer heat — is genuinely unprecedented.—
John Samuels,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2026
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“Libidos.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/libidos. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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