risqué
Example Sentences
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He praises the "deft deployment of slightly risque jokes" as well as a Bridgerton spoof starring Miss Piggy, saying it's a "return to basics, and all the more joyous for it".
From BBC • Feb. 4, 2026
“Behind Closed Doors” was a bit risque in the country music world, but a lyric of the song is so true in what should be a transparent world, the world where taxpayer business is conducted.
From Washington Times • May 5, 2021
The lonely Baron yearns for excitement, and this his imaginative companion readily provides, one madcap or mildly risque escapade following another, culminating in the German being mistaken for a bomb-throwing anarchist.
From Washington Post • Mar. 31, 2021
Seek what exalts you, and live ‘à tout risque’.
From The Guardian • Nov. 27, 2017
I feel much hurt that, after all the loss of health, and risque of fortune, another should be thanked for that which I did, and against his orders.
From The Life of the Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson, Volume 1 by Harrison, James
