prurient

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It’ll be purely sensational, purely prurient, even as it coldly rips through reputations, jobs and legacies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

More importantly, the political relevance of these two stories can't really be measured by prurient interest.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2024

The trial’s first witness, former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker, testified last week about his cooperation with Trump in 2016 to “catch and kill” prurient Trump stories before that year’s election.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 28, 2024

He was at his best when he managed to winkle out sensitive details of a guest's life without appearing prurient.

From BBC • Aug. 17, 2023

There is a sense in which biographical detail gives light to criticism, but not the sense in which the prurient moralist uses or seeks it.

From Critical Miscellanies, Vol. I Essay 3: Byron by Morley, John