pornographic

Example Sentences

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Bali - which is predominantly Hindu and visited by millions of tourists every year - is part of Muslim-majority Indonesia, which strictly forbids the production of pornographic material.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

"It's not pornographic and they're not doing anything illegal, so I don't think it should have been blocked," said a male IT worker Moon Jang-won.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2024

Books that get removed from libraries are often described as inappropriate or pornographic, but in practice, many deal with themes of race or include L.G.B.T.Q. characters, according to free speech organization and library groups.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2023

“To think that ‘David’ could be pornographic means truly not understanding the contents of the Bible, not understanding Western culture and not understanding Renaissance art,” Hollberg said in a telephone interview.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 26, 2023

In a recent issue it allowed a correspondent to call "Ann Veronica" "pornographic," which is most distinctly libellous.

From Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 by Bennett, Arnold