fetish
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
Mr. Armitage distinguishes himself by refusing the fetish of incompleteness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 24, 2026
He’d go on to learn the craft under an L.A. fetish latex designer before starting Bustedbrand on his own terms.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2024
In both films, guns become truly dangerous when they become a fetish: an object worshipped for its supposed power and symbolic meaning.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2023
Hull parent Will Taylor criticised Genesis Pre-School for allowing access to Grandad's Pride, which he said showed a man in "leather fetish gear".
From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2023
His needs were obscure to me, and what I could perceive of them seemed to me ridiculous, laughable, like a fetish for lace-up shoes.
From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
Our interconnected society resembles every worst part of civilization throughout history, but with a few new fetishes of its own.
From Salon ● Apr. 24, 2026
Former President Lazarus Chakwera insists the canines, trained to detect weapons, black-magic fetishes and other potential threats, are key members of his security detail.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026
Someone watching “Lynch/Oz” isn’t likely to need reminding that the history of movies is a history of other movies, or that lots of directors have thematic and visual fetishes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 9, 2023
Maxine Kingston grew up in San Francisco, surly in a household ruled by inexplicable taboos and fetishes.
From New York Times ● Oct. 21, 2021
People flocked to the roads, banging with sticks and fetishes on the hoods of the army convoy that took him away.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Vocabulary lists containing fetish
