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
The hysteria about drag queens — who may be neither gay nor transgender, and whose performances often tend toward parody rather than titillation — has been particularly intense.
From Washington Post • Jun. 22, 2022
Most of all, he has an aesthetic that isn’t all about terror or titillation.
From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2022
Lately, however, Howard’s bare-knuckled methods drew more than titillation and newsstand sales.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2020
Such frequent titillation of delicate nervous mechanisms plays sad havoc with general nervous control.
From Religion And Health by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)