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
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.
—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
So far, the singer has delivered eye-popping performances for Tropicoqueta that focus on the record’s sensuality and hora loca vibes.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2026
Brimming with spiritualism and sensuality, this neo-gothic story navigates the terrain between life and death, and between childhood and adulthood.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
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
So far, the singer has delivered eye-popping performances for Tropicoqueta that focus on the record’s sensuality and hora loca vibes.
—Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2026
Brimming with spiritualism and sensuality, this neo-gothic story navigates the terrain between life and death, and between childhood and adulthood.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sensuality
Noun
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His fragile starman is a strange, complex being navigating his way through Earth’s obstacles, including love, lust, addiction, greed, and ambition in his plight to save his planet and survive the chaos caused by his arrival.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
29 May 2026
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Crichton goes to a lot of effort to give plausible explanation to the harvesting and recombination of dinosaur DNA, and the mistakes that the involved human beings make are ones of ego, greed, and—more or less—neglecting to double-check their homework before turning it in.—
Ian Mackenzie,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
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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.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
29 Apr. 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
Noun
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For ultimate privacy with all the Les Airelles trimmings, the hotel has brought three impossibly luxe chalets into the fold, each swallowing up to 15 guests for weeks of high-altitude hedonism.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 June 2026
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This heroically eccentric diner draws no distinction between vegetarianism and hedonism.—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
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“Sensuality.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sensuality. Accessed 10 Jun. 2026.
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