a movie full of raunch
the sheer raunch of the movie earned it a NC-17 rating
Recent Examples on the WebRead: The cruel social experiment of reality TV For its recent seasons, Love Island USA moved to Peacock, NBCUniversal’s streaming platform, which enabled it to embrace the low-stakes raunch of its foreign counterpart.—Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 7 Aug. 2024 Over the course of the outrageous trip, sisterhoods are rekindled, the past resurfaces, and there are enough sparks, raunch, and romance to change all their lives in unexpected ways.—EW.com, 26 July 2024 Over the course of one outrageous trip, sisterhoods are rekindled, the past resurfaces, and there are enough sparks, raunch, and romance to change all their lives in unexpected ways.—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 16 June 2024 While these outros could easily fall into raunch or being explicit, Carpenter uses wit as her restraint.—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 17 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for raunch
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