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also erotical
as in sexy
of, relating to, exciting, or expressing sexual attraction or desire
the erotic aspects of the story of Beauty and the Beast
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Recent Examples of erotic
Recent claims, in the conservative press, of a twelve-person orgy among officials at a Veterans Affairs medical center in Tennessee, offer salacious elaboration on this theme of erotic pathology, casting the bureaucrat in the bedroom as at once perverse and virtuosic.
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Charlie Tyson, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025
Connections like that maintain the film’s low boil of erotic intrigue.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
Once an enfant terrible, Emin was known during the ’90s for sculptures and performances that explored the emotional toll of erotic encounters.
—Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 28 Mar. 2025
But in Misericordia, part murder mystery, part erotic comedy, Guiraudie deliberately seeks complication rather than Disney complacency.
—Armond White, National Review, 26 Mar. 2025
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Charlie Tyson, The New Yorker, 15 Mar. 2025
Connections like that maintain the film’s low boil of erotic intrigue.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 31 Mar. 2025
Once an enfant terrible, Emin was known during the ’90s for sculptures and performances that explored the emotional toll of erotic encounters.
—Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 28 Mar. 2025
But in Misericordia, part murder mystery, part erotic comedy, Guiraudie deliberately seeks complication rather than Disney complacency.
—Armond White, National Review, 26 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for erotic
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“Erotic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/erotic. Accessed 18 Apr. 2025.
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