prurience
Example Sentences
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And “Polylogues” is a curious, compassionate portal into a topic we most often see treated with prurience.
From New York Times • Sep. 22, 2021
And that means that I often am uncertain of my place in the uncomfortable space between honest curiosity and creepy prurience.
From Salon • Feb. 2, 2019
Representations of anorexia are a mix of prurience, spectacle and aspiration.
From The Guardian • Jul. 12, 2017
Gawker’s prurience and irreverence made it less than a hallowed symbol for press freedom.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2017
In Part Second six or seven sentences might be omitted by the parent, where the writer deals, without the least prurience, with biblical narratives that can hardly be daintily touched.
From The Life Of Thomas Paine, Vol. II. (of II) With A History of His Literary, Political and Religious Career in America France, and England by Conway, Moncure Daniel
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