raunch
Example Sentences
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If Hulu’s “Shoresy” is the poster child for successfully balancing raunch and heart, “Ted” is on the opposite end — crass and lazy.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 27, 2026
He’s always taken an opposing approach from Maron, purveying raunch instead of raw honesty, channeling swagger, shock and dismissiveness as opposed to connection and intimacy.
From Salon • Jun. 4, 2025
The ‘Hunger Games’ star and Broadway’s Andrew Barth Feldman are a winning duo in this sweet, intoxicating coming-of-age tale that blends ‘Superbad’-style raunch with John Hughes’ vulnerability.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2023
Not to slight Hill, who co-produced the film and co-wrote the sharp, occasionally bloodletting screenplay with Barris, but, raunch aside, the film mostly has one man’s fingerprints all over it.
From Washington Post • Jan. 24, 2023
Also like many genres, dembow must contend with its patriarchal past and present, but it’s too simple, too narrow-minded to reduce it to plain raunch or misogyny.
From New York Times • Oct. 25, 2021
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
