as in sensuality
excessive pursuit of fleshly pleasures
a painting by the 19th-century artist Ingres that vividly portrays the languorous voluptuousness of a sultan's seraglio
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Noun
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But Vacancy, her first record solely under Interscope, doesn't completely abandon the self-possession and sensuality that's become synonymous with her sound.—
Pitchfork,
Pitchfork,
23 Jan. 2026 -
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.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
7 Jan. 2026
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The dazzling works of Fra Angelico both testify to the immense wealth and power of fourteenth-century Florentine society and attempt to heal its pride, greed, and brutal inequality.—
Ingrid D. Rowland,
The New York Review of Books,
5 Feb. 2026
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The once-compassionate Democratic Party used to mobilize government for the downtrodden and check crony capitalism’s greed.—
Torrey Snow,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Feb. 2026
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“Voluptuousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/voluptuousness. Accessed 11 Feb. 2026.
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