fetish

Example Sentences

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"Or it was chic the first time Lloyd did it, but now it just looks like a fetish for ventilation ducts."

From BBC • May 24, 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

“For Gaetz and others, it’s a fetish to them to have this much power and attention,” Stutzman said.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2023

Like Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino’s similar cinematic fetish object “Grindhouse,” these two movies often veer too far into outright parody, which breaks the retro spell.

From Los Angeles Times • May 5, 2023

We worried over nzolo—it means dearly beloved; or a white grub used for fish bait; or a special fetish against dysentery; or little potatoes.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver