risqué
Example Sentences
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He praises the "deft deployment of slightly risque jokes" as well as a Bridgerton spoof starring Miss Piggy, saying it's a "return to basics, and all the more joyous for it".
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026
Tinted nail polish was developed in the mid-1920s, and “it was a pretty risque statement at the time,” Shapiro says.
From Washington Post • Jun. 18, 2021
“Behind Closed Doors” was a bit risque in the country music world, but a lyric of the song is so true in what should be a transparent world, the world where taxpayer business is conducted.
From Washington Times • May 5, 2021
Perhaps the heyday of winking was in the risque entertainment of a century ago, when comedians tackled social strictures with a sort of constrained rebellion, via such outmoded notions as cheekiness, naughtiness and mischievousness.
From The Guardian • Jun. 24, 2019
He wished encouragement from me, but anything of that kind being out of my power to give him, he has taken a decided part and means to run the risque.
From The Americans In The South Seas 1901 by Becke, Louis
