titillation

Example Sentences

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These patchwork visions have a restrained, contemplative air that carefully weighs the seriousness of their themes without ever dipping into melodrama or titillation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

It wasn’t until after the show that I read May’s program note about “exposing the titillation of postmodernism’s detached aesthetics and its unbearable absurdity.”

From New York Times • May 8, 2023

But unlike that movie, which wobbled uncomfortably between titillation and moral panic, Bravo’s version of King’s story is sure-footed, her vision clear-eyed and genuinely risk-taking.

From Washington Post • Jun. 30, 2021

Shepperd’s actions triggered conflicting feelings: titillation, shame, guilt, fear and confusion.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2021

Do you mean to say that a Presidential campaign does not keep your nerve-centres in a constant state of pleasurable titillation?

From The Genial Idiot His Views and Reviews by Bangs, John Kendrick