licentious
Example Sentences
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Japan and the West had different sexual mores, but Japan’s culture was not particularly licentious or permissive.
From Washington Post
The Rev. Mark A. Matthews, influential pastor of Seattle’s 10,000-strong First Presbyterian Church, lobbed an early slam, labeling Eddy’s teachings “blasphemous, immoral, licentious and murderous.”
From Seattle Times
It called on parents to help stop young people being "misled into adopting a reckless and licentious lifestyle, in search of worthless fame and success".
From BBC
And the public cycles incoherently through moods: denial, dread, a growing sense of panic; sudden gusts of piety, followed by gusts of licentious abandon.
From Los Angeles Times
Schlager came to its traditional themes as the antidote to the licentious western pop that infiltrated Germany after the war.
From The Guardian
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
