risqué

Islanders had to follow a dress code, and risqué challenges were off the table, said ITV America Chief Executive David George.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 24, 2026

There are a lot fewer neon-drenched skyscrapers and risqué robots than we were promised, but a quarter of the way through the 21st century, we are indeed essentially living inside a cyberpunk dystopia.

From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2026

On the 12-track album, which dropped Friday to mixed critical reception, Swift is uncharacteristically risqué and, for possibly the first time, indulges her inner theater kid without reservation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2025

Despite its risqué origins, “Paws of Fury” manages to dish out lighthearted fun, swashbuckling action and surface-level messaging about following your dreams, though not every joke lands.

From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2022

But the abbot, although generally tolerant of Mendel’s whims, had intervened: a monk coaxing mice to mate to understand heredity was a little too risqué, even for the Augustinians.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

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

The most risque joke of the sketch came when Farnsworth mentioned that there would be channels for people of every culture, including “Telemundo for Spanish-speakers and BET — Black Entertainment Television.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2025

“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

“He needs the vaccine — he’s been risque, not wearing masks,” Cooper said.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 7, 2021

It was here that He ran the greatest risque of a discovery.

From The Monk; a romance by M. G. (Matthew Gregory) Lewis