as in greed
excessive pursuit of fleshly pleasures
some readers objected to the novel's graphic depiction of sensuality
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Recent Examples of sensuality
Arnold Jerocki/Getty A public homage will take place at a nearby site for admirers of the woman whose image once symbolized France's postwar liberation and sensuality.
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CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
Brigitte Bardot, the French actor, style icon, and animal activist who fixated the world with her insouciant, smoky-eyed sensuality, has died aged 91.
—Isobel Thompson, Vogue, 28 Dec. 2025
Titles such as And God Created Woman (1956), Contempt (1963), and A Private Life (1962) cemented her status and showcased her sensuality on the big screen.
—María Munsuri, Glamour, 28 Dec. 2025
And God Created Woman, in the role of a free-spirited 18-year-old whose natural sensuality stirred up passions and jealousies in the then simple fishing village.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 28 Dec. 2025
There's a kind of sensuality suddenly to the film.
—Gerrad Hall, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Dec. 2025
The padded shoulders of the look evoked ’80s style sensibilities, while the plunging neckline added a touch of sensuality.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 18 Dec. 2025
Mon Laferte is known for her chameleonic and theatrical looks, her powerful stage presence, and her confidence and sensuality.
—Sigal Ratner-Arias, Billboard, 8 Dec. 2025
But unlike those points of reference, lyrics here don’t merely gesture toward sensuality.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
CBS News, 7 Jan. 2026
Brigitte Bardot, the French actor, style icon, and animal activist who fixated the world with her insouciant, smoky-eyed sensuality, has died aged 91.
—Isobel Thompson, Vogue, 28 Dec. 2025
Titles such as And God Created Woman (1956), Contempt (1963), and A Private Life (1962) cemented her status and showcased her sensuality on the big screen.
—María Munsuri, Glamour, 28 Dec. 2025
And God Created Woman, in the role of a free-spirited 18-year-old whose natural sensuality stirred up passions and jealousies in the then simple fishing village.
—Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 28 Dec. 2025
There's a kind of sensuality suddenly to the film.
—Gerrad Hall, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Dec. 2025
The padded shoulders of the look evoked ’80s style sensibilities, while the plunging neckline added a touch of sensuality.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 18 Dec. 2025
Mon Laferte is known for her chameleonic and theatrical looks, her powerful stage presence, and her confidence and sensuality.
—Sigal Ratner-Arias, Billboard, 8 Dec. 2025
But unlike those points of reference, lyrics here don’t merely gesture toward sensuality.
—Craig Jenkins, Vulture, 2 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sensuality
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The political and economic geography of the copperbelt, the mining zone that snakes under Katanga and northern Zambia, has been fashioned by external forces and outside greed since at least the time of Belgian colonization.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
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Industry is where innocence goes to die, choked out in bed by various personifications of greed.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
19 Jan. 2026
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But as Maud's God begins to talk back, and her desperate pleas for divine intervention send her into fits of orgasmic fervor and desperate carnality, Glass hints at the depths of mania powering the nurse's dedication.—
Dennis Perkins,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Oct. 2025
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And then there are the satiric quips, the candid carnality, and the love-it-or-leave-it depiction of life in Los Angeles.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
30 Oct. 2025
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Much of Hurry Up Tomorrow sees the Weeknd trying to make peace with his transformation—wrestling with the old habits that haunt him, watching his legacy slip away, recognizing the limits of hedonism, navigating nostalgia and sentimentality.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
14 Jan. 2026
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The week ahead is perfect for romance, pleasure, updating your looks, and hedonism in all forms, so don’t let this week's energy go to waste.—
Kyle Thomas,
PEOPLE,
11 Jan. 2026
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“Sensuality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sensuality. Accessed 28 Jan. 2026.
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