prurient

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Nothing is prurient, but what’s in the film is real and honest and messy, which is likely what it felt like if you had been in the middle of it.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026

It’ll be purely sensational, purely prurient, even as it coldly rips through reputations, jobs and legacies.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

He was at his best when he managed to winkle out sensitive details of a guest's life without appearing prurient.

From BBC • Aug. 17, 2023

For the most part, though, this is a thoughtful look at a controversy unlikely to fade away, so long as modern technology and prurient interests continue to exist.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2023

But what else means the minute morbid anatomy of death beds, the prurient curiosity to know how the dying one bore himself in the solemn passage?

From The Destiny of the Soul A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Future Life by Alger, William Rounseville