masturbatory

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of masturbatory More than masturbatory daydreams, Vladimir inspires our heroine to write with abandon, ignoring professional and personal obligations in service to her muse. Alison Herman, Variety, 5 Mar. 2026 Judging by trophy videos posted to Reddit, most users are training Ani to assist them in baroque masturbatory fantasies. Hari Kunzru, Artforum, 1 Dec. 2025 Bardo for being masturbatory and self-pitying, Empire of Light for being shallow and unfocused. Vulture, 24 Jan. 2023 Strickland, responding to a question from Tolley about the oddest thing he’d been asked to endorse, recalls being approached by the manufacturer of a masturbatory aid. Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2022 And this use was a selling point, not a secret, during an era of anti-masturbatory rhetoric. Kim Adams, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for masturbatory
Adjective
  • Likewise, the intensely retrograde gender politics—and the text’s out-of-control, onanistic eroticism—seem fairly personal and specific.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • Taking all of that and then distilling it in a way that was still beautiful and also sensual was really something that was discussed a lot.
    Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The atmosphere is humid—not just sensual but erotic—and Stein is often close enough to touch.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2026
Adjective
  • Everyone, meanwhile, can enjoy the simple, perfect sight gag of a voluptuous sheep cleaning a blackboard with her ample fleece.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026
  • Dark, narrow aisles opened onto leafy patios and soaring atria crowned with voluptuous canopies of cast concrete.
    Michael Snyder, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • And their courtship, which White shoots with a sensuous intimacy, begins with some canoodling at a bar, then progresses into an impulsive hookup during a late session at the office.
    Alison Willmore, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026
  • In our natural state, the sensuous and formal drives conflict with each other.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 5 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • The Lacobs were ultimately too risk-averse, too cautious, and too self-absorbed to build anything of worth without their former general manager.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 24 July 2026
  • Life in the middle, utterly self-absorbed.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 June 2026

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“Masturbatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masturbatory. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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