sensuality

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 Featuring sensual stylings and formfitting silhouettes, Perry’s designs cater to a feminine sensibility with a mix of sensuality and contemporary playfulness. Julia Teti, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025 But ideas, too, carry passion, sensuality, and even body memory; a tweed untransfigured by ideas of desire is just a tweed. Nathan Heller, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2025 Made as Brazil’s dictatorship was losing its grip, these films confronted repression indirectly, turning sensuality into an act of defiance. Lise Pedersen, Variety, 12 Oct. 2025 For hair, stylist Jaylin Seng says the look was all about sensuality and femininity, referencing Diana Ross and the designer, Kim Shui. Essence, 19 Sep. 2025 The fabric glides across your skin with a soft sensuality, enveloping you in a whisper of luxury. Kara Nesvig, Allure, 15 Sep. 2025 The rhythmic beat takes us on a love story full of sensuality, something that these Colombian and Colombian-Mexican groups handle perfectly. Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2025 While not abandoning core design DNA—crisp, modern tailoring, languid sensuality, and oodles of good taste to wit—the brand delivered a collection that felt like a breath of fresh air. Roxanne Robinson, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
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Noun
  • This obsession with efficiency and greed — that’s what’s driving AI.
    Clayton Davis, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
  • In his new book, 1929, Sorkin takes the most famous stock crash in history and turns it into a thrilling saga of greed, folly, and despair that resonates with present times.
    Jim Kelly, Air Mail, 11 Oct. 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
  • 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 19 Oct. 2025.

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