sexual attraction
Example Sentences
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“It’s very rarely about equal attraction to both sexes. More often, it leans heavily in one direction, or splits between romantic attraction toward one sex and sexual attraction toward the other.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 14, 2026
In the second series, Tobie Donovan’s character Isaac tells the rest of the characters he is asexual, meaning he experiences little or no sexual attraction.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2024
This exclusion extends beyond the doctor’s office: Assumptions that all people experience sexual attraction and romantic desires, also known as allonormativity, are embedded in housing, taxing and marital systems.
From Salon ● Mar. 16, 2024
He and Phoebe Waller-Bridge had chemistry, overwhelmingly, in “Fleabag,” but that didn’t have anything to do with sexual attraction.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 9, 2024
By that sentence, Tolstoy meant that, in order to be happy, a marriage must succeed in many different respects: sexual attraction, agreement about money, child discipline, religion, in-laws, and other vital issues.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
