as in to excite
to cause a pleasurable stimulation of the feelings
tabloids titillate their readers with racy details about the private lives of media-created celebrities
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Recent Examples of titillate
Fans of Emily in Paris may enjoy the frothy storylines, titillating romance or the over-the-top fashion, but the City of Light itself steals the spotlight.
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Elycia Rubin, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Sep. 2024
There’s something admittedly very titillating about seeing a Black woman in a place where people say she’s not supposed to be.
—Hanna Phifer, refinery29.com, 12 Apr. 2024
Too little and one runs the risk of watering down the horrific nature of the killers' crimes; too much and one veers into titillating sensationalism.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 16 July 2024
That’s got to be titillating to people with that amount of money.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 12 July 2024
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Elycia Rubin, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Sep. 2024
There’s something admittedly very titillating about seeing a Black woman in a place where people say she’s not supposed to be.
—Hanna Phifer, refinery29.com, 12 Apr. 2024
Too little and one runs the risk of watering down the horrific nature of the killers' crimes; too much and one veers into titillating sensationalism.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 16 July 2024
That’s got to be titillating to people with that amount of money.
—Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 12 July 2024
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Your business should excite your customers, frustrate your competitors and animate and motivate your people.Jeffrey Russell, Forbes, 6 Nov. 2024
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The game ended with a Dodgers team excited by the two-games-to-none lead.Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024
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The Peppas members seemed to be loving it too, as a few of the members appeared to be thrilled with the result.Michael Saponara, Billboard, 26 Nov. 2024
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Fittingly each selection will be a mystery, but one that will be sure to thrill readers and book collectors alike.Melissa Locker, TIME, 26 Nov. 2024
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Global automakers face pressure to electrify from other governments and have already poured billions into battery and production-line development.Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 22 Nov. 2024
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Her pasta with spicy broccoli and cauliflower employs capers, anchovy, garlic, fennel seeds, chile flakes and olives to electrify what would could otherwise be monotone.Scott Hocker, theweek, 14 Nov. 2024
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