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Recent Examples on the Web Woodhull’s inability to counter the caricature of her as evil and licentious doomed her campaign. Allison Lange / Made By History, TIME, 6 Aug. 2024 Qutb also offered Khamenei a perspective on the United States as something of a licentious society, ideas Qutb had picked up during his sojourn there in the late 1940s. Akbar Ganji, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2013 And finally, modern far-right terrorists still frequently invoke the same libelous assertion that white women must be protected from licentious Black men. TIME, 14 May 2024 With his passing Thursday morning at the age of 65, Variety looks at the most memorable moments of Shane MacGowan’s licentious legacy. A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 30 Nov. 2023 Freedom’s licentious behavior shocks many of her fellow villagers, who conclude that her bottle must have contained some powerful intoxicant. Salman Rushdie, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2023 Ahmed is referring to the era in Tangier's history, beginning in the interwar period and peaking in the 1950s, when the city served as a licentious playground for a motley assortment of artists, socialites, and hedonists. Stephanie Rafanelli, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2023 In fact, Protestantism emerged in the 1500s in no small part as a reaction to the licentious behavior of some pilgrims and priests, the selling of indulgences to enrich the church or various members of the clergy, and the corruption that was associated with many pilgrimages of the time. James Mills, The Conversation, 24 Mar. 2021 On these ships, Caligula was reported to hold parties where his wild and licentious appetites ran wild, with later historians repeating scurrilous and outlandish rumours about relationships with the wives of his generals and senators, and even with his own sisters. Paul Cooper, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for licentious
Adjective
  • As a kid, Knight was passionate about drawing and superheroes.
    Kelsey Lentz, People.com, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Soon after his death, The Los Angeles Times highlighted how Dr. Zimbardo was passionate about extending the results of his research to prison and criminal justice reform.
    Eric Wood, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • This ravioli casserole uses frozen ravioli, fresh spinach, marinara sauce, mozzarella cheese, and hot Italian sausage for a quick, easy, but all-around-delicious weeknight dinner recipe.
    Liv Dansky, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Direct democracy is hot – particularly in an era where partisan gridlock thwarts the lawmaking process.
    John Frank, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • Footage from the early days of her rap aspirations show her mother, who was also her manager, coaching Megan on the right way to punctuate certain words in her rhymes and shooting ad hoc music videos from lascivious angles.
    Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Marcelino Olguin was the only one charged with three counts of lewd and lascivious acts on a child under 14.
    Izzy Alvarez, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • The British actor finds the humor and sensitivity in his lustful swain, and his mellifluous voice is perfectly matched to Shakespeare’s prose.
    Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Otto Hightower – 3 points The grandson Otto installed as king is overruling him in front of the people and getting bamboozled into ousting him as Hand by a man who trades secrets in exchange for lustful glances at Otto’s daughter’s toes.
    Brian Grubb, Vulture, 16 June 2024

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