licentiousness

Example Sentences

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Rather, it denotes licentiousness and lack of control, the actions of a toddler gorging himself on chocolate until he is sick.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2025

And at least one regulator has taken notice of chatbot licentiousness.

From Reuters • Mar. 18, 2023

The album’s funk-pop sound and the downcast licentiousness of its lyrics pick up where “Gaucho” left off, but there’s a tinge of hoary defeatism that’s reminiscent of “11 Tracks of Whack.”

From New York Times • Sep. 4, 2017

“Radicalism flourished in Boston, Bristol, and Bengal, while fears of disorder and licentiousness provoked rural elites in both the Hudson Valley and the English shires,” du Rivage writes.

From The New Yorker • May 8, 2017

Let me not suppose that she dares go about, Emma Woodhouse-ing me!—But upon my honour, there seems no limits to the licentiousness of that woman’s tongue!”

From "Emma" by Jane Austen