How to Use eroticism in a Sentence

eroticism

noun
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  • If that doesn’t sound like the height of eroticism, just wait.
    — Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Lopez has a knack for the steamier side of things, the eroticism explodes off the page.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 3 Nov. 2019
  • In the dances that follow, there is no overt eroticism.
    — Jennifer Homans, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022
  • To include the eroticism was a choice that seemed crucial to me.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Claudel and Rodin both reveled in youth, dance and eroticism.
    — Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 7 Nov. 2023
  • What does the Tea Party movement have to do with anal eroticism?
    — Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 27 May 2016
  • Severed from the workplace intrigue of costumes and shoots, the show’s eroticism blooms.
    — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 14 Apr. 2022
  • In addition to its eroticism, the show is often, well, gross.
    — Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2021
  • The subtle and stylish eroticism of the old days, which as often as not was the contribution of gay artists, has lapsed.
    — John Banville, WSJ, 22 Feb. 2019
  • This is not far from Kafka, though the language leans toward eroticism rather than angst.
    — A.o. Scott, New York Times, 21 June 2023
  • And the acts of violence flavor the eroticism with a sadomasochistic tang.
    — New York Times, 13 Jan. 2021
  • The arc delivers a perfect shot of nostalgia and a rare flare of eroticism.
    — The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2021
  • In contrast, the most interesting thing about the self-eroticism of 2017 is how unwilling the actors are to go fully in on the bit.
    — Eric Thurm, GQ, 30 Aug. 2017
  • There’s a ragged eroticism within this performance, born of the allure that comes with a star willing to play with their own image.
    — Vulture, 29 Dec. 2022
  • Two others got down on all fours and tucked their heads deep into one another’s shoulders, in a scrum of male eroticism.
    — Lori Waxman, chicagotribune.com, 16 June 2019
  • There’s no shortage of evidence for yes: the breasts and buttocks like googly eyes, the jagged planes making nonsense of Delacroix’s hushed eroticism.
    — Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 18 Dec. 2023
  • The lyric sound of the soprano Annemarie Kremer is well suited to the title role — and the orchestra likewise revels in the opera’s eroticism.
    — New York Times, 19 Mar. 2020
  • As for the platform heels favored at red carpet events this year, Hemmelsack said the style plays off this eroticism as well as the surge in '90s nostalgia.
    — CNN, 2 Dec. 2021
  • The beauty shots capture all the austerity and eroticism of haute couture.
    — Eren Orbey, The New Yorker, 18 July 2019
  • Every one will grow not only the series’ thriller aspect but also its eroticism.
    — Emiliano Granada, Variety, 8 Nov. 2021
  • But there’s also an undeniable eroticism to youth (duh), hence why the schoolgirl/boy gets its own chapter in the book of pervy cliches.
    — Karley Sciortino, Vogue, 17 Aug. 2018
  • This hard-knock eroticism pervaded some of Bacon’s paintings, as well.
    — Jeremy Lybarger, The New Republic, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Certainly Eros is preferred, but erotic love, not just of another person, but of the world, of food, of eroticism itself.
    — Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2021
  • As awareness of the epidemic increases so should the incidence of foot eroticism.
    — Ncbi Rofl, Discover Magazine, 17 Feb. 2012
  • Get those words down, the tension and strange eroticism—find a way to name it—of their desire to help out, and the way, hours later, your sister came home, smiling and manic, and laughed at your father’s concern.
    — David Means, The New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Her commitment to the film's eroticism and go-for-broke attitude distracted some from what the movie was really trying to say.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Have more of a loosey-goosey attitude towards pictorial eroticism in all its gooey forms?
    — Wired Blogs, WIRED, 7 Aug. 2006
  • Realistically speaking though, how could the novel sell when it’s billed as a romance, and yet lacks any shred of eroticism?
    — Tomris Laffly, Variety, 4 Feb. 2022
  • The film's didacticism can be heavy-handed, but as usual LaBruce leavens it with humor and eroticism.
    — Ben Sachs, Chicago Reader, 6 July 2018
  • Bischoff’s pages are elegant, especially in their eroticism, which is as frank as it is flowered.
    — Jacob Brogan, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2023

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