pornographic

Example Sentences

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Bali - which is predominantly Hindu and visited by millions of tourists every year - is part of Muslim-majority Indonesia, which strictly forbids the production of pornographic material.

From BBC • Dec. 12, 2025

"It's not pornographic and they're not doing anything illegal, so I don't think it should have been blocked," said a male IT worker Moon Jang-won.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2024

Books that get removed from libraries are often described as inappropriate or pornographic, but in practice, many deal with themes of race or include L.G.B.T.Q. characters, according to free speech organization and library groups.

From New York Times • Jun. 20, 2023

In the text, the judge invoked a bizarre bit of legal reasoning: the Comstock Act, a law that Congress passed in 1873 to ban sending pornographic literature, contraceptives, and early abortion-inducing substances through the mail.

From Slate • Apr. 15, 2023

In a recent issue it allowed a correspondent to call "Ann Veronica" "pornographic," which is most distinctly libellous.

From Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 by Bennett, Arnold