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
Zhou’s theatrical vision explores humor, sensuality, and existential themes, resulting in garments that blur the boundaries of fashion, sculpture, and spectacle.
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Essence, 4 Sep. 2025
With Lee’s custom Dior look, Anderson marries sinuous lines and sensuality with a mysterious aura quintessential to the modern femme fatale archetype.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2025
And black-and-white allows that; this rendering of the beauty of the elements, of nature and of places, that sensuality.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
On the other hand, the sensuality of leather, with its warm, skin-like hue.
—Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
With tendrils of blonde hair always trying to escape her wimple, there’s an ineluctable sensuality about Agnieszka.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
Venus is the planet of connection, desire, relationships and sensuality.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Essence, 4 Sep. 2025
With Lee’s custom Dior look, Anderson marries sinuous lines and sensuality with a mysterious aura quintessential to the modern femme fatale archetype.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 2 Sep. 2025
And black-and-white allows that; this rendering of the beauty of the elements, of nature and of places, that sensuality.
—Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
On the other hand, the sensuality of leather, with its warm, skin-like hue.
—Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
With tendrils of blonde hair always trying to escape her wimple, there’s an ineluctable sensuality about Agnieszka.
—Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
Venus is the planet of connection, desire, relationships and sensuality.
—Valerie Mesa, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sensuality
Noun
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The story follows five unqualified astronauts chasing wealth on a planet made of diamonds and gold, with greed and conflicting testimonies driving the tension.—
Charlie Fink,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Befriended by the aged proprietor of a now defunct Greek coast restaurant, the hen becomes an unwitting witness of human misery – greed, migrant trafficking, revenge upon revenge.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
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Here, Stamp is pitted against a smarmy California counterpart played by another counterculture screen legend — Peter Fonda, of Easy Rider fame — and both men show how much the optimistic hedonism of the ’60s has soured.—
Christina Newland,
Vulture,
22 Aug. 2025
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Dwarfing like a royal Turkish palace along the glittering shores of Belek—Regnum The Crown is a utopia of hedonism and millennial chic.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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“Sensuality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sensuality. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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