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

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

When he shaved his signature mustache in 2001 — “on a whim,” he said — his viewership erupted in titillation.

From Washington Post • Nov. 8, 2020

When an image changes place in the idea, it produces a titillation equal to that which would be produced in the order of material things.

From Delsarte System of Oratory by Various