sexiness

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Christina Ramberg and Martha Edelheit upend notions of sexiness in their paintings, thumbing their noses at the “male gaze.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 24, 2025

The costumes by Constance Hoffman and video projections riff on the glitz, but not the sexiness, of the Cecil B. DeMille’s 1934 “Cleopatra.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 16, 2022

Through headphones, for instance, the haughty and haunted “Still Your Best” tries at sexiness, but ends up sounding surly.

From Washington Post • Dec. 4, 2021

The societal norms defining beauty and sexiness have been changing for years, with a greater value on a wide range of body types, skin colors and gender identities.

From New York Times • Feb. 1, 2020

Sometimes the representamen is price, which is supposed to reflect the elements listed above, as well as other pricing criteria: a trend, a product's sexiness; a buyer's gullibility, ego, or lack of economic sense.

From The Civilization of Illiteracy by Nadin, Mihai