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Recent Examples of lascivious The Victorian-era Comstock Act is a law that prohibits sending lewd or lascivious material, like pornography, or any material intended for producing abortions, like the drug mifepristone, through the mail. Hannah Gaskill, Baltimore Sun, 11 Nov. 2024 The results can be hilarious, as when Costanzo’s lower register pours out of Venturi, who swaggers and stamps her way across the stage as the lascivious Count Almaviva, a femme form joyously channeling ridiculous machismo. Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2024 Footage from the early days of her rap aspirations show her mother, who was also her manager, coaching Megan on the right way to punctuate certain words in her rhymes and shooting ad hoc music videos from lascivious angles. Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 31 Oct. 2024 Marcelino Olguin was the only one charged with three counts of lewd and lascivious acts on a child under 14. Izzy Alvarez, ABC News, 18 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for lascivious 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lascivious
Adjective
  • Leave it to my grandfather—and Southern Living editors—to have passionate opinions about this classic sweet.
    Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Start taking a closer look at sports that might be considered new but have passionate competitors and advocates.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Yes, this is an obscene price for a Qi wireless charger.
    Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Still, justices questioned whether that might put the cost of protecting kids from obscene content online on phone makers like Apple or Google rather than the sites being regulated.
    Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The Pacers are hot — winners of eight of their last 10, a streak that has coincided, in part, with Haliburton’s improvement.
    Joe Vardon, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
  • JetBlue in October announced economy passengers would no longer be served hot meals on transatlantic fights.
    Kate Gibson, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Her involuntary outbursts cause Dupree to shout a number of things, such as comments about people around her and more vulgar language.
    Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Nearly 100% of the first film’s grosses were made in the U.S. — so few expected the spooky sequel about a vulgar poltergeist to connect in the territories across the pond and beyond this time around either.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • However, Orlok is secretly an agent of evil who haunts Hutter’s new wife Ellen (Lily-Rose Depp) into lustful submission.
    Rudie Obias, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Furthermore, the film hinges on the passionate, lustful romance between Fiennes and Mol, a fire that supposedly burns for over 14 years, but the palpable lack of chemistry between the two leads renders the love story completely ineffective.
    Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 21 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • First Lady Nancy Reagan was upset, thinking her husband was being too nasty.
    George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2025
  • The fight has been particularly nasty, with both sides trading harsh accusations against the other.
    Nicholas Gordon, Fortune Asia, 20 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • This time around, even critics were convinced, joining in with libidinous fans to praise the blood-sucking second season, which was recently nominated for two Critics Choice Awards after being largely snubbed by voting bodies last year.
    Elaina Patton, NBC News, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Bill Skarsgård’s Count Orlok is more a Romanian folk vampire — decayed but still quite libidinous — than suave, past aristocrats limned by Bela Lugosi and Christopher Lee.
    Bob Strauss, Los Angeles Times, 3 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Christopher made up for 3-of-9 foul shooting by making 26 field goals to 19 for Westmont, which went 12-of-14 at the free-throw line.
    Glenn Reeves, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Larsson promptly picked up his fourth foul 2:40 into the third quarter and finished with four points (one for five shooting) and five rebounds in 14 minutes.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 24 Jan. 2025

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“Lascivious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lascivious. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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