prurient
Example Sentences
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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
More importantly, the political relevance of these two stories can't really be measured by prurient interest.
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2024
The trial’s first witness, former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker, testified last week about his cooperation with Trump in 2016 to “catch and kill” prurient Trump stories before that year’s election.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 28, 2024
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
There is often a prurient desire to explore the tracts of sin, as if information on such subjects meant wisdom.
From Friendship by Hugh Black
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