How to Use sadomasochism in a Sentence
sadomasochism
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Free inquiry must serve greater ends than studies of sadomasochism and pornography.
—Benjamin Woodard, National Review, 17 Nov. 2022
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Mistress Ruby Ties It Together, which explores the bizarre world of sadomasochism.
—M.j. Rose, WIRED, 17 July 2001
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The minds behind Dark Souls bring you an ultra-polished and somewhat simplified version of the game that brought distilled sadomasochism to consoles.
—Popular Science, 13 Apr. 2020
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But the debate over whether the film is a statement of feminist empowerment or masochism — or whether Mr. Verhoeven has forged a new genre: screwball sadomasochism?
—Rachel Donadio, New York Times, 3 June 2016
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The themes of the record were hard-hitting with a distinct New York City flavor: drugs, sadomasochism, romantic jealousy and urban desperation.
—David Chiu, Forbes, 28 Sep. 2021
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Well before the rise of punk and heavy metal, Anger was juxtaposing music with bikers, sadomasochism, occultism and Nazi imagery.
—Hillel Italie, BostonGlobe.com, 24 May 2023
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His 2016 Thelma, about a self-denying teenage lesbian, mixed sci-fi speculation with sadomasochism to reveal the source of a young girl’s power over her oppressors.
—Armond White, National Review, 9 Feb. 2022
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Blood, sadomasochism, handcuffs and prison cells — this was erotic torment underlined by swirling soul-rock arrangements.
—Greg Kot, chicagotribune.com, 5 May 2017
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Police also searched his phone and found visits to a sadomasochism fetish website with discussion threads on kidnapping fantasies.
—Dawn Rhodes, chicagotribune.com, 22 Aug. 2017
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The website bills itself as a place for users to connect with other people interested in bondage, sadomasochism and more obscure sexual fetish fantasies.
—Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Washington Post, 1 July 2017
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Two razor blades were nearby, as was a pornographic magazine depicting bondage and sadomasochism.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Feb. 2022
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The writers give us generous dollops of that duo's symbiotic sadomasochism in the early episodes, which the actors execute with their typical thrust-and-parry finesse.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 22 Mar. 2023
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The narratives will converge, but not before traversing a louche landscape of sadomasochism and genital mutilation.
—Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2017
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Police also searched his phone and found visits to a sadomasochism fetish website with discussion threads on kidnapping fantasies, prosecutors have alleged.
—Megan Crepeau, chicagotribune.com, 11 June 2019
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A six-character piece for women, the play is a fascinating rococo experiment in power—the sadomasochism that, for Fassbinder, at least, defines most human interactions.
—Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 27 Feb. 2017
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At the event, which drew about eight hundred people, antiporn feminists distributed leaflets accusing the organizers of supporting sadomasochism, violence against women, and pedophilia.
—Amia Srinivasan, The New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2021
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Gayle Rubin and Pat Califia write articles calling all consensual acts, including sadomasochism, a form of women’s emancipation.
—Washington Post, 17 June 2021
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Their history of consensual acts of bondage, sadomasochism and domination adds an additional complication to the prosecution’s attempt to demonstrate abuse.
—Missy Ryan, Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2019
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Federal authorities seized thousands of child pornographic images from Mandish’s computers, including hundreds of videos that included images of prepubescent children, bestiality, bondage, sadomasochism and rape, Maloney told the court.
—oregonlive.com, 9 Aug. 2019
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Is there a scientific explanation for this auditory sadomasochism?
—Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 18 Sep. 2019
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