titillation

Example Sentences

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These patchwork visions have a restrained, contemplative air that carefully weighs the seriousness of their themes without ever dipping into melodrama or titillation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 26, 2026

But unlike that movie, which wobbled uncomfortably between titillation and moral panic, Bravo’s version of King’s story is sure-footed, her vision clear-eyed and genuinely risk-taking.

From Washington Post • Jun. 30, 2021

Shepperd’s actions triggered conflicting feelings: titillation, shame, guilt, fear and confusion.

From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2021

Calaway is determined, too, to avoid cashing in as a gimmick, wheeled out as a past-his-prime spectacle for the titillation of crowds.

From The Guardian • Nov. 23, 2020

The patients frequently vomit at the same time from the disagreeable titillation of blood about the fauces; and are thence liable to believe, that the blood is rejected from the stomach.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus