salacious

Example Sentences

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The combination of salacious scandals and heavily publicized election losses have undercut the group’s image.

From Salon

Although similar imagery would grace the covers of salacious pulp magazines after World War I, there was a difference between Picou’s era and that of the pulps.

From The Wall Street Journal

There has always been salacious gossip about the royal family, and misbehaving royals, but this time it felt much worse.

From The Wall Street Journal

As a Netflix true crime film, “The Perfect Neighbor” is getting the same kind of clickbait headline treatment that a more salacious, less impactful documentary on the streamer would.

From Salon

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband was seriously injured by a deranged man in their San Francisco home in October 2022, an event that then became the subject of salacious rumors.

From Salon