prurient
Example Sentences
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If, like me, you’re tired of true crime documentaries whose investigations feel sordid and prurient, it’s a relief to find documentaries that deal with crimes but find new meanings in the stories.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 7, 2026
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
Yes, there is a terrible moral in "Dorian Gray"—a moral which the prurient will not be able to find in it, but it will be revealed to all whose minds are healthy.
From Oscar Wilde: Art and Morality A Defence of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" by Stuart Mason
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