sensuous

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The film boasts sensuous formal achievements, from the glorious alpine shots to the experimental sound design of a raging storm and the dizzying angles deployed by Kirsanoff, an Estonian Jew and Parisian avant-gardist.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

We find ourselves in that time of year dedicated to the most sensuous and worldly of the earth signs — that is, Taurus season.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 19, 2024

Though written on the eve of a cataclysmic war, the piece is dreamy, sensuous, mesmeric — and deliciously detailed as only Ravel can be.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 27, 2023

The Odissi style here is less sensuous in its signature S-curves, and more rhythmically incisive.

From New York Times • May 10, 2023

Vivaldi’s Italian innovations, honed to sensuous perfection in the carnival city of Venice, travelled north across the Alps and found a fan in Lutheran north-east Germany: Johann Sebastian Bach.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall