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
The playing of music in seventeenth-century genre paintings often suggests sensuality and pleasure of an easy, familiar kind.
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Clare Bucknell,
Harpers Magazine,
23 June 2026
Beneath all the sensuality and beauty, there’s also a lingering melancholy that feels very familiar to me.
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Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
16 June 2026
Louis’s memories form an immersive, spellbinding confession of betrayal, murder, and melancholy with palpable sensuality.
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Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
2 June 2026
Born in Da Nang, Vietnam, and raised in the Pacific Northwest, Bi Pham shifted from science to fashion to explore modernity and sensuality through premium ready‑to‑wear.
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Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
27 May 2026
Merging resortwear with sensuality and sinuous lines, the look beckoned the forthcoming summer season.
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Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
27 May 2026
Hekmat sees stores not simply as places to shop, but as emotional experiences — spaces that evoke fantasy, sensuality and discovery.
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Karin Eldor,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
Decadence is sensuality and impotence, opulence and decay.
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Olivia Kan-Sperling,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
The song’s almost animalistic sensuality is miles away from the safe choices Skye has made—or been asked to make—until now.
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Cameron Cook,
Pitchfork,
22 Apr. 2026
Clare Bucknell,
Harpers Magazine,
23 June 2026
Beneath all the sensuality and beauty, there’s also a lingering melancholy that feels very familiar to me.
—
Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
16 June 2026
Louis’s memories form an immersive, spellbinding confession of betrayal, murder, and melancholy with palpable sensuality.
—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
2 June 2026
Born in Da Nang, Vietnam, and raised in the Pacific Northwest, Bi Pham shifted from science to fashion to explore modernity and sensuality through premium ready‑to‑wear.
—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
27 May 2026
Merging resortwear with sensuality and sinuous lines, the look beckoned the forthcoming summer season.
—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
27 May 2026
Hekmat sees stores not simply as places to shop, but as emotional experiences — spaces that evoke fantasy, sensuality and discovery.
—
Karin Eldor,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
Decadence is sensuality and impotence, opulence and decay.
—
Olivia Kan-Sperling,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
The song’s almost animalistic sensuality is miles away from the safe choices Skye has made—or been asked to make—until now.
—
Cameron Cook,
Pitchfork,
22 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sensuality
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Released at the tail end of Reaganomics, Carpenter’s most politically forward thriller now feels like a decoder ring for ’80s-era greed, detachment, complacency and ruthlessness.
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Does this show reveal more to me how the most vulnerable amongst us are suffering as a result of disinterest, apathy, greed?
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The rich textures and thick ambiance of The Eyes of Others are pure high modernist 1960s Italian cinema, but De Sica unfurls the film’s winding intrigues with a contemporary sense of suspense, carnality, and visual boldness.
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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.
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Food and Beverage Wrapped in cascades of cherry blossom, The Orchard Room reimagines afternoon tea with unapologetic hedonism—affectionately dubbed InfiniTEA.
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Such hedonism won’t fly in 2026, industry analysts told CNN.
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“Sensuality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sensuality. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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