erogenous zone

noun

: a sensitive area on the body that causes sexual arousal when it is touched

Examples of erogenous zone in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web While gels won’t make an O out of absolutely anywhere, these formulas increase sensitivity and blood flow to erogenous zones like clits, tips, and nips. Jamie Ballard, Allure, 3 Oct. 2024 Tapping into a new erogenous zone, Cate Blanchett has made a case for wearing pearls strung over her bare shoulders since Cannes Film Festival in May. Laura Hawkins, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2024 Tribadism, or rubbing your genitals on your partner’s body, is one of many creative ways to explore pleasure without penetration and engage other erogenous zones instead. María Saldana, Them, 18 July 2024 All people have a handful of erogenous zones that can be touched, licked, and so on! Amalie MacGowan, Them, 18 July 2024 Through the years, designers have incorporated fetish leather, harnesses and masks into runway looks while certain body parts have sporadically emerged as erogenous zones du jour — and sometimes emerged completely, as in Rick Owens’ famed full frontal peepholes in his fall 2015 men’s collection. Tonya Blazio-Licorish, WWD, 18 June 2024 Let the tongue-like flicks of the soft silicone tip take you on a stroll through the moistest of plant beds, awakening all of your erogenous zones — nipples included. Annie Blackman, Allure, 31 Mar. 2024 The erogenous zones aren’t breasts or buttocks or even hair; mouths and lazily narrowed eyes bring the real heat. Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024 Kristen Stewart’s recent sartorial choices have included–without fail–a glimpse of an erogenous zone or two, by way of some form of lingerie. Hannah Coates, Vogue, 14 Mar. 2024

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“Erogenous zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/erogenous%20zone. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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