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Recent Examples of masturbatory
Bardo for being masturbatory and self-pitying, Empire of Light for being shallow and unfocused.
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Vulture, 24 Jan. 2023
And this use was a selling point, not a secret, during an era of anti-masturbatory rhetoric.
—Kim Adams, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2020
Photo: flickr/krossbow Daily masturbatory activity associated with long-term weight reduction.
—Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 1 Apr. 2013
Strickland, responding to a question from Tolley about the oddest thing he’d been asked to endorse, recalls being approached by the manufacturer of a masturbatory aid.
—Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2022
Both Ramy’s rejection of bin Laden and his masturbatory triumph ultimately matter only to himself, not to the classmates whose minds about him are already made up.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2021
Just wait for the next fascist to take office and continue this masturbatory rage ouroboros.
—Megh Wright, Vulture, 19 Jan. 2021
However, charity golf tournaments tend to be a woefully inefficient and exceptionally masturbatory way of trying to raise funds.
—Gary Gramling, SI.com, 21 Oct. 2017
Alfredo Castro plays a 50-year-old in Caracas who pays young men for their company (and masturbatory inspiration).
—Anita Gates, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2016
Vulture, 24 Jan. 2023
And this use was a selling point, not a secret, during an era of anti-masturbatory rhetoric.
—Kim Adams, Discover Magazine, 30 June 2020
Photo: flickr/krossbow Daily masturbatory activity associated with long-term weight reduction.
—Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 1 Apr. 2013
Strickland, responding to a question from Tolley about the oddest thing he’d been asked to endorse, recalls being approached by the manufacturer of a masturbatory aid.
—Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2022
Both Ramy’s rejection of bin Laden and his masturbatory triumph ultimately matter only to himself, not to the classmates whose minds about him are already made up.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 8 Sep. 2021
Just wait for the next fascist to take office and continue this masturbatory rage ouroboros.
—Megh Wright, Vulture, 19 Jan. 2021
However, charity golf tournaments tend to be a woefully inefficient and exceptionally masturbatory way of trying to raise funds.
—Gary Gramling, SI.com, 21 Oct. 2017
Alfredo Castro plays a 50-year-old in Caracas who pays young men for their company (and masturbatory inspiration).
—Anita Gates, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2016
Recent Examples of Synonyms for masturbatory
Adjective
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Jean, 36, began experimenting with these sensual voiceovers in 2023.—
Leah Asmelash,
CNN,
9 Mar. 2025
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Free from the arc of awards season, the fashion world set their eyes squarely on Paris Fashion Week’s debuts: first, Haider Ackermann’s sensual take on Tom Ford, and now, to Burton at Givenchy.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The 35,000-year-old Venus of Hohle Fels, a small sculpture of a voluptuous woman, could be considered humanity’s first pin-up model.—
Chris Erik Thomas,
Them,
10 Feb. 2025
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The hourglass is considered voluptuous because the hip and bust appear larger, but a slim and small-framed person can also have this body type. Strengths of the hourglass body shape People with the hourglass body shape are said to have the most proportionate body type.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Over the next few years, Flack’s sensuous voice and piano were ubiquitous on pop radio.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
24 Feb. 2025
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This headlong, hyper-nuanced account of a teenage girl’s first love fuses the interiority of novels and the sensuous embrace of cinema in ways that other films fumble.—
Nicolas Rapold,
Deadline,
22 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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But Shirley MacLaine takes things to a whole other level when Aurora — who audiences could be forgiven for initially dismissing as a vapid and self-absorbed mom — takes our heartstrings and refuses to let go.—
EW Staff,
EW.com,
2 Mar. 2025
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There's no market for a self-absorbed, past his prime, locker room cancer?—
Dianna Russini,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Masturbatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/masturbatory. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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