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

The hysteria about drag queens — who may be neither gay nor transgender, and whose performances often tend toward parody rather than titillation — has been particularly intense.

From Washington Post • Jun. 22, 2022

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

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2021

Calaway is determined, too, to avoid cashing in as a gimmick, wheeled out as a past-his-prime spectacle for the titillation of crowds.

From The Guardian • Nov. 23, 2020

This effect was very different from that produced a few minutes before by the song; this, at least, was no mere titillation of the senses by agreeable sounds.

From A Bride from the Bush by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)