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Recent Examples of lubricious Aside from Black’s deranged performance, the highlight of the film is Jennifer Coolidge, who plays a lubricious vice principal named Marlene. Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 4 Apr. 2025 The sensational engine gathers the car's haunches to spew you onto the following straights in great, lubricious spendings of energy. Larry Griffin, Car and Driver, 24 Apr. 2023 Pascal played lubricious movie star Dieter Bravo in Judd Apatow's semi-improvised comedy about a group of actors attempting to shoot a preposterous dinosaur movie during the pandemic. Clark Collis, EW.com, 19 Apr. 2022 For all of Sabbath’s lubricious opportunism, Drenka is his one love. The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2021 Born in Louisiana, Silver arrives with every noir mystery woman’s attendant clichés: a lubricious walk, a wad of cash in the bosom of her complicated lingerie, a languorous way of lighting cigarettes — and a gun. Jesse Green, New York Times, 14 May 2018 Some of it is merely lubricious; some of it verges on the profound. Ben Brantley, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2017 Some of it is merely lubricious Ben Brantley, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2017 Between the administration's budget, and its lubricious impulse to monetize everything, if the glaciers disappear, the naming rights to Exxon-Mobil National Park and Energy Terminal will bring in millions. Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 24 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lubricious
Adjective
  • Gabriella is a cousin of King Charles through her father Prince Michael's side of the family and a passionate musician who played an advisory role around the musical performances for Kate's Together at Christmas carol service in December at Westminster Abbey.
    Janine Henni, People.com, 19 May 2025
  • It’s been possible, but hard to find Fettercairn from independent bottlers in the United States, and those who seek it out are passionate about it, Boice said.
    Gina Pace, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
Adjective
  • Pour hot cream over chocolate chips in a large heatproof mixing bowl; let stand 3 minutes.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 22 May 2025
  • Science funding is a hot topic these days and people have questions about how grants work.
    Kelly S. Mix, The Conversation, 22 May 2025
Adjective
  • Goggins, with many shirt buttons undone, is a libidinous waiter who takes his flirting with the mothers to extremes.
    Omar L. Gallaga, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025
  • Crumb, graphically honest in his work as a surrealistic, libidinous underground comix pioneer, expected the same from his chronicler.
    Chris Vognar, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2025

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“Lubricious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lubricious. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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